Montgomery Ward & Co. Catalogue No. 13

Original Montgomery Ward & Co. Catalogue No. 13, Spring and Summer, 1875. Notably very small in size – 4 7/8″H x 3.25″W. Blue front and back covers shown in photo. Items ranging from household goods to farm wagons. This was the official mail order catalog for the Left Hand Grange, per Anne Dyni. She purchased the catalog from Jim Knoch owner of Niwot Antique Emporium. Montgomery Ward founded their dry goods mail-order business in Chicago, Illinois in 1872, and issued their first catalog in August 1872.

Object Date: 1875

Object Name: Catalog (Documentary Artifact)

Accession No: 2015.15.01