Anderson 1936 catalogue

[Mainer In Exile]

Please forgive my tardiness; I've been working with the kids to get them caught up on their schoolwork, since they started a week late. But this morning, I sat down at the scanner with a cup of coffee, and here's my undated Anderson catalogue. As I had said, the bookseller dated it as 1930; you can compare the information yourselves and see if you think it's a bit earlier than Richard's. It's definitely abbreviated in content! The light card cover faces each measure 137mm x 199mm; each page measures 133mm x 190mm. Here we go...



Let's see how that worked out. Hope you find this of interest.

Allen

[Mainer In Exile]

Ach! Only ten file attachments are allowed per post; here are the last two:

[Jock Scot]

Thank you Mainer, very interesting.

I note the first two pictures top left, go under the heading of; " The Scottish National Dress" which of course is also the book title(as seen in the picture of the first post in this thread) and perhaps explains, in another thread going at the moment, the difference of perspective between some Scots and er, well, some others who seem rather perplexed with this thought.

I am not wishing to add fuel to any fire, or, wreck this thread, just observing though.

[Mainer In Exile]

You're most welcome, Jock Scot. Nor do I much wish to approach that tin of worms with a P-38 opener. I'd just suggest that the subject "Scottish National Dress" is a moving target over time, and presents different faces to different viewers. If I look back over my shoulder... yep, "The Scots Kitchen" is still in its place on the bookshelf. There is a time and a place for kale soup; it's been a favorite in this family since we were nippers. When the late missus and I first visited Edinburgh in '86, it was fun to have lunch at (the first incarnation of) Pierre Victoire; it gave me the chance to explain to her the influence of French culinary arts and the Scots' enthusiasm for French vintages over the past couple of centuries. And next time over, I might just try what the kids today are calling "molecular gastronomy"; not sure it will appeal, personally. But it can all be categorized as "Scottish cuisine", can't it?

What the '30s Anderson catalogues provide is a snapshot in time of fashion marketed to a certain class of clientele in a particular place. That makes them interesting, in the same way that old issues of "The Tailor and Cutter" or "Apparel Arts" give us insight into English and American fashion of the period. It's our choice to emulate them, or update them, or even reach further back in time.

Allen

[Jock Scot]

You're most welcome, Jock Scot. Nor do I much wish to approach that tin of worms with a P-38 opener. I'd just suggest that the subject "Scottish National Dress" is a moving target over time, and presents different faces to different viewers. If I look back over my shoulder... yep, "The Scots Kitchen" is still in its place on the bookshelf. There is a time and a place for kale soup; it's been a favorite in this family since we were nippers. When the late missus and I first visited Edinburgh in '86, it was fun to have lunch at (the first incarnation of) Pierre Victoire; it gave me the chance to explain to her the influence of French culinary arts and the Scots' enthusiasm for French vintages over the past couple of centuries. And next time over, I might just try what the kids today are calling "molecular gastronomy"; not sure it will appeal, personally. But it can all be categorized as "Scottish cuisine", can't it?

What the '30s Anderson catalogues provide is a snapshot in time of fashion marketed to a certain class of clientele in a particular place. That makes them interesting, in the same way that old issues of "The Tailor and Cutter" or "Apparel Arts" give us insight into English and American fashion of the period. It's our choice to emulate them, or update them, or even reach further back in time.

Allen

Oh we all take part in selective observations to suit our own ways in life, be it Kale soup, kilts, fishing tackle, or whatever and the trouble is we all select different bits, particularly if we are from different generations and different countries. Nevertheless understanding another's points of view , even if we cannot agree, does make for a smoother life all round.

Sometimes the moving target for some has not moved an inch, for others!

[CMcG]

Nevertheless understanding another's points of view , even if we cannot agree, does make for a smoother life all round.

True that.

[Mainer In Exile]

Oh we all take part in selective observations to suit our own ways in life, be it Kale soup, kilts, fishing tackle, or whatever and the trouble is we all select different bits, particularly if we are from different generations and different countries. Nevertheless understanding another's points of view , even if we cannot agree, does make for a smoother life all round.

Sometimes the moving target for some has not moved an inch, for others!

Agreed! I find trout fishing in the Eastern Sierras of California extremely dull: in part because so much of the population is farmed fish, but also because the "hatch to match" in many places consists almost entirely of duns.

So I haul out my favorite attractors (many from Maine rather than from the West, such as my beloved Parmachene Belle) and dazzle the trout with their magnificence! Not the "done thing" to do--perhaps like wearing a full horsehair sporran with day wear, for some--but great fun and highly effective.


Allen

[ThistleDown]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhh. Kale poached in cream and thin-sliced long-dried sausage with buttered boiled potatoes. Sopping tweeds in a closed Rover with the heater on full. The first landing of the season. Kicking a welly off to stand in someone else's mucky puddle. A post-catalogue thumb-worn from browsing by every family member after just a month in the house and never out of the sitting room.

Nostalgia. But we need a printer to tell us about the colour in this catalogue. When did we first have such good referencing, the 30s, the 40s, the 50s?