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Hockey stick
Eaton's Fall and Winter 1918-19 catalogue, p. 514.
(Used with permission of Sears Canada Inc., Library and Archives Canada)

Tennis racket
Eaton's Spring and Summer 1926 catalogue, p. 405.
(Used with permission of Sears Canada Inc., Library and Archives Canada)

Bicycle
Eaton's Spring and Summer 1936 catalogue, p. 214.
(Used with permission of Sears Canada Inc., Library and Archives Canada)

Portable radio
Eaton - Automne et hiver 1939-1940 catalogue, p, 373.
(Used with permission of Sears Canada Inc., Library and Archives Canada)

Downhill skis
Dupuis Frères - Automne et hiver 1945-1946 catalogue, p. 107.
(©Dupuis Frères Limitée, used with permission of Josette Dupuis-Leman, Library and Archives Canada)

Goalie pads
Eaton - Automne et hiver 1950-1951 catalogue, p. 539.
(Used with permission of Sears Canada Inc., Library and Archives Canada)

Figure skates
Eaton's Christmas Book 1956, p. 3.
(Used with permission of Sears Canada Inc., Library and Archives Canada)

Hi-cut running shoes
Dupuis Frères - Printemps et été 1962 catalogue p. 78.
(©Dupuis Frères Limitée, used with permission of Josette Dupuis-Leman, Library and Archives Canada)

13" black-and-white television
Eaton - Automne et hiver 1967 catalogue, p. 575.
(Used with permission of Sears Canada Inc., Library and Archives Canada)

Hand-held electronic calculator
Eaton's Spring and Summer 1975 catalogue, p. 776.
(Used with permission of Sears Canada Inc., Library and Archives Canada)

 

   
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