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A 1904 mail-order catalogue issued by Montgomery Ward of Chicago, aimed at American households shopping by post for everyday goods. The pictures are small black-and-white wood engravings of trunks, a man's double-breasted coat, an iron bed with a price tag, and handbags, drawn with dense hatching and clear outlines that suggest how Victorian commercial illustration handled texture and metal. A designer could take the crisp line work and tight cross-hatching as a model for simple product drawing.
