Sears Christmas Wish Book (1968)
- Year
- 1968 Source verified
- Sold at
- Sears Source verified
- Manufacturer
- Sears, Roebuck and Co. Source verified
About this item
The 1968 edition, the year Sears officially renamed its Christmas Book 'The Wish Book'. Sears' own history gives it 605 pages, 225 of them toys.
Details
- Holiday
- Christmas
- Archive type
- Catalog
- Materials
- printed paper catalog
Collector details
Research notes
Scan is the file 1968-sears-christmas-book.zip inside a multi-catalog Internet Archive item (594 page images vs. 605 pages cited by Sears, so a few pages may be missing). Contents of the zip were listed, not read page by page. Scan rights: US work published 1964-1977: if it carried a copyright notice it is protected (renewal automatic); without a notice it entered the public domain. Notice not checked.
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Sources & verification
- The Sears Christmas Wish Book, A Holiday Tradition Other Supports: First Sears Christmas Book in 1933 (87 pages: 25 toy, 62 adult gift); renamed The Wish Book in 1968 (605 pages) View source
- Sears, JCPenney & Montgomery Ward Catalogs & Wish Books (1930-2017): 1968-sears-christmas-book.zip Retail Catalog Supports: Zip of 594 page images titled 1968-sears-christmas-book.zip; page-image scan of the 1968 Sears Christmas catalog View source