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Montgomery Ward, Sears, Spiegel Catalog drum sets?

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From Rob G.

Scans you say? BAM! http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishbook/sets/Yes, the drum kits are in there. I tried to attach some, but the scans are too big.

I resized a couple - let's see if this works...

BTW, the little three piece in the first scan (from the 1967 JC Penney catalog)was my first drum kit, a Christmas gift (along with lessons at Cushman's Music Studio in Maywood, IL) when I was 10 years old. We lost the drums and almost everything else in a house fire a few months later, and the drums were at the bottom of the replacement list, so I never got back to drums until almost 40 years later, which eventually led me here a few months ago.

Unlike a lot of folks around here, I have no urge to get back my first kit or anything like it...:)

Scott

Posted on 14 years ago
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Good Lord! I'm in a time machine!

Thanks! Burger KinBurger Kin

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Posted on 14 years ago
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I was really digging those paisley shirts from the 66 JC Penny xmas catalog. Also those ones with the lace at the neck! I know that I had one of each. They looked pretty good behind my blue onyx kit!

Posted on 14 years ago
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Kent sold drums in the Montgomery Ward catalogs, that's a cool link.

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Posted on 14 years ago
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My first drums were blue wrapped Stewart drums from Sears. I have some pics I need to dig out...I'll look this w/e.

Posted on 14 years ago
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Yeah, sorry I don't have the drums bookmarked. If you can find the index in the catalog, it's easy to find them from there.

Posted on 14 years ago
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OK! WOW what a thread! Here is a pix of me playing my Crown kit with Sears cymbals. About a year earlier, when I got the drums, the salesman said my folks could save a few bucks by getting the hardware and cymbals from Sears... I got the kit for my birthday in November 1964. The pix is dated January 1966.

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Posted on 14 years ago
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Your faithful webmaster only has two Sears catalogs.

I date the yellow one around 1940 and the black one at 1941. One has the order sheet and original mailing envelope.

So not much help there. :)

David

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Posted on 14 years ago
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From checker758

I resized a couple - let's see if this works...BTW, the little three piece in the first scan (from the 1967 JC Penney catalog)was my first drum kit, a Christmas gift (along with lessons at Cushman's Music Studio in Maywood, IL) when I was 10 years old. We lost the drums and almost everything else in a house fire a few months later, and the drums were at the bottom of the replacement list, so I never got back to drums until almost 40 years later, which eventually led me here a few months ago.Unlike a lot of folks around here, I have no urge to get back my first kit or anything like it...:)Scott

Check out that cool "tambury" drum (looks like a dumbek)

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Posted on 14 years ago
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ROB G thank you, very cool-- brings back lots o memories

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