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GUSN-181220
As the industrial age generated an ever-expanding array of consumer goods, trade catalogues presented merchandise alluringly to potential customers. In the United States, catalogues were a practical solution to the problem of geographical distance between buyer and seller.
trade catalogs
ca. 548 items
EP001
Ephemera collection
EP001.12
trade catalogs
Series
As the industrial age generated an ever-expanding array of consumer goods, trade catalogues presented merchandise alluringly to potential customers. In the United States, catalogues were a practical solution to the problem of geographical distance between buyer and seller.
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