“Sports suits” and “suspender skirts” might not be the focus of New York Fashion Week but we’re enjoying the vintage charm found in a Smithsonian Trade Literature Collection from the early 20th ...

The Figi's mail order catalog, known for its offerings like holiday gifts and gourmet food, recently shut down its catalog division. The state of Wisconsin is famous for a number of things — beer, ...

Gardeners have relied on the mail for centuries. Long before mail-order nurseries first sent their catalogs to customers, gardeners wrote to friends asking for a piece of a peony root, a tulip bulb or ...

“Aren’t you sick of all the catalogs in the mail?” asked my friend Kelly over lunch the other day. “Not in the least,” I said, in my deservedly authoritative manner. Catalogs are one of the shrinking ...

Catalog shopping dates back more than a hundred years and continues to be popular as consumers look for ways to save time over shopping at local malls. With a ready-made consumer base, a savvy catalog ...

Go to any high place overlooking the Lehigh Valley at dusk to really appreciate how many people break the law on Independence Day. The thunder and sparkle of fireworks will fill the sky for the next ...

Fifty years ago this month, a 29-year-old former army paratrooper flew back to his home in California from his father’s funeral in Illinois. As the nation’s heartland scrolled beneath his plane’s ...

Last week, I featured a gallery of photos of Alabama kit homes bought from Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalogs. While some readers were surprised to learn Sears sold kits for everything from outhouses to ...