Found in Mom's Basement

1940s Johnson Smith & Co. catalog featuring masks of Hitler and Stalin

Found at grow-a-brain.

Photos from 1989 catalog featuring France's current First Lady, Carla Bruni

Carla Bruni models lingerie in a 1989 edition of the British mail order catalog Next Directory.

Found at Huffington Post.

1964 Frederick's of Hollywood catalog

Found at Copyranter.

 

Ikea catalogs through the years

Found at Room Service.

Swimsuits for sale in the 1972 Sears catalog

Found at Jezebel.

"Crushable" wigs for sale in the 1972 Sears catalog

Found at Jezebel.

The model in the middle is Susan Blakely.

Arlene Dahl sells wigs in the 1972 Sears catalog

Found at Jezebel.

Not that you'd know it from these images, but Arlene Dahl was and still is a very beautiful woman, renowned for her flawless complexion.

She's also the mother of Lorenzo Lamas.

Her acting? Meh.

Future celebrities in the 1972 Sears catalog

Found at Jezebel.

The model on the right is future Charlie's Angel Shelley Hack.

The model on the right is Erin Gray who went on to co-star in Buck Rogers of the 25th Century.

1943 ad from Lane Bryant for "stout women"

 

Sears catalog, 1933: 'new campus styles' for young men

Found at Communitylive Journal.