Wow! This part of the summer 1935 Chicago Mail Order Company catalog got interesting!
1930s advertisements found in these pages include:
- vanity purses
- coin purses
- “smart summer jewelry”, costume jewelry
- Aspirin
- Yeast, codliver oil, halibut liver oil…
- Stillman’s complexion soap
- Peacock bleaching cream
- “Outdoor Girl” powder and rouge
- Alden milk of magnesia toothpaste (sounds gross)
- ladies watches
- Stillman’s Suppositories
- Nicies Sanitary Napkins
- Sanitary lingerie
- “Nu-SAF” belt
- Famous “Magical” douche
- memorial wreaths
- bibles
- engraved silverware
- fitted overnight cases
- fountain pens
- … and more random stuff!









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