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The mail order business was complicated and not without controversy. What was involved in taking an order through to delivery?

Custom-made to Ready-made: Women's Clothing in the Eaton's Catalogue 1884 to 1930
Custom-made to Ready-made:
Women's Clothing in the Eaton's Catalogue, 1884 to 1930
Christina Bates

Pauline Boutal, Eaton's Catalogue Fashion Illustrator, 1918-1941
Pauline Boutal,
Eaton's Catalogue Fashion Illustrator, 1918-1941
Louise Duguay

Read the Fine Print: How the Postal Service Served the Mail-order Industry
Read the Fine Print: How the Postal Service Served the Mail-order Industry
Gaëtanne Blais
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Processing Orders in the Mail-order Industry
John Willis
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This Round to the Union: The Conflict between Dupuis Frères and Its Workers, 1952
This Round to the
Union: The Conflict
between Dupuis
Frères and Its
Workers, 1952
John Willis

The Retail Merchants of Canada versus the Mail-order Catalogue
The Retail
Merchants of
Canada versus
the Mail-order
Catalogue
John Willis

Humble Origins of the Union at Dupuis Frères
Humble Origins
of the Union
at Dupuis Frères
Sylvie Marier


 
   
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    Date Created: December 10, 2004 | Last Updated: October 22, 2009