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11 extremely Seventies pages from the 1975 Sears catalog
Corduroy, Dacron and puppets galore!
Remember that early fall day when you would come home from school and find the Sears catalog in the mailbox? It was glorious. We would pour a bowl a cereal, sit at the kitchen table, and flip right to the toy pages. Folding dog-ears on the corner of the page would let mom and dad know what we found, you know, interesting. Hint, hint. Just a suggestion, mom and dad.
The more we flipped through the 1975 Sears catalog, the wider our smiles grew. So. Much. Dacron. Here are our favorite pages. Alas, these items are no longer for sale.
1. "Featuring Corduroy"
"Featuring corduroy" is the de facto theme of the catalog — and the year 1975, really.
2. Overalls were the preferred delivery system of corduroy
Family matching was on point.{seealso}
3. The cowboy look was in.
Westerns may have fallen off the TV schedule, but everyone still wanted to be on Gunsmoke.
4. If it wasn't corduroy, it was probably Dacron.
Without these jackets, it's just not the same being leisurely.
5. Dusty Coral was hot.
No, Dusty Coral was not an actress, rather the trendiest color of the season. Though there was probably an actress named Dusty Coral, too.{seealso}
6. Fire was no match for NFL pajamas.
There is no more relieving term on an article of clothing than "Self-extinguishing when removed from flame."
7. This was a smart watch.
Oh, your Apple Watch can keep up with stock prices? Can it show me the time in red when I turn it towards my face? Because that's what a watch is supposed to do.
8. You built a home stereo in pieces.
Who needed a vinyl comeback when there was 8-track?
9. Wearing headphones was a good workout.
Ear buds? Try ear boxes.
10. There were multiple pages of roller skates.
These are so stylin'. As the red, white and blue here illustrates, Bicentennial fever was just starting to grip the nation. "Spirit of '76" shirts can be found inside the catalog, too.
11. Kids loved ventriloquism.
Okay, perhaps some things are better left lost to the sands of time.
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The year I graduated from high school, and got engaged! Great stuff for the times, considering the state of Technology of the time! Microwaves and calculators were hot stuff, but still very expensive. I got a Casio calculator for Christmas in 1974 from a rather well-to-do uncle, and I was the ONLY one in my chemistry class (about 30 people) who had my own! Two other people had them to use, but they belonged to their dads!
I bought an LED watch for my fiancé for his birthday in November, and had the back of the case engraved, "Yours til the end of time." It just came to me the day before I took it to be engraved. I had no idea then where I had heard or seen it, but it was just perfect! It doesn't work anymore but he still has It! We've been married 46 years now. 😍
I bought an LED watch for my fiancé for his birthday in November, and had the back of the case engraved, "Yours til the end of time." It just came to me the day before I took it to be engraved. I had no idea then where I had heard or seen it, but it was just perfect! It doesn't work anymore but he still has It! We've been married 46 years now. 😍
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