Columnist John Moore grew up with just about everything coming from the Sears catalog. You can buy reprints of the old catalogs, such as the one pictured, which is available on Amazon. Photo by John Moore
My earliest memories of the catalog are from the 1960s. My sister and I would race each other to the door. She wanted to study the dolls. Chatty Kathy was her favorite, and she talked about that doll for weeks.
I went straight to the Hot Wheels. We sat on the living room floor, arguing over who got the catalog first. Even when we pretended to be annoyed, we usually ended up sitting shoulder- to-sho…
