This collection contains various catalogues including Sears and Roebuck, Macy's, Davison's, Rich's, and J.C. Penney's. Catalogues are annual, biannual, and seasonal. This collection is alphabetical in boxes one through twenty-five, after that the catalogs are in random order as added.

This collection consists of one illustrated catalog belonging to Reading Hardware Company of Reading, Pennsylvania. The catalog, Door Locks and Lock Trimmings, contains 271 pages of detailed sketches of each item and includes the name of the design, materials which it is made from, size, and cost per dozen.

This collection is comprised of materials pertaining to the S. H. Kress Company.