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Mail Box Before E-commerce: A History of Canadian 
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Fashion to Furnishings
Capturing Customers
Company Histories
From 
Order to Delivery
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Catalogues (1880-1975)
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You could buy almost anything through a mail-order catalogue, from hairpins to houses. Learn about some of the things that were sold through the mail.

Catalogues and Women's 
Fashion
Catalogues and
Women's Fashion

Shirley Lavertu

Mail-order Houses
Mail-order
Houses

Les Henry

Oriental Rugs by Mail
Oriental Rugs
by Mail

Neil Brochu

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The Eaton Beauty Doll

The Eaton
Beauty Doll
Evelyn Robson
Strahlendorf

Writing Instruments and 
Stationery

Writing Instruments 
and Stationery

Bianca Gendreau

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Frank Dojacek and Mail-order 
Shopping
Frank Dojacek
and Mail-order
Shopping
in the Prairies
Paul Robertson

Garrett's
Garrett's
"Bluenose"
Hooked Rugs

Scott Robson

Objects That Speak:  
A Technological Revolution
Objects that Speak:
A Technological
Revolution  
Nicole Cloutier

 

   
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