Joe, whatever wiki page you tried to make never showed up here for some reason. For now I’m putting the links to the Sears type catalogs here.

Christmas Catalogs (toys, but also a bit of everything else):

http://www.wishbookweb.com/1937_Sears_Wishbook/index.htm

http://www.wishbookweb.com/1940_Sears_ChristmasBook/index.htm

http://www.wishbookweb.com/1941_Lord&TaylorChristmasCatalog/index.htm

A collection of period Tool Catalogs in PDF form:

http://www.roseantiquetools.com/id116.html

Men’s Fashion Catalog:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmarkbertrand/sets/72157623462591253/

Women’s Fashion Catalog:

http://bramblewoodfashion.blogspot.com/2011/09/19391940-fallwinter-sears-roebuck.html