‘Tis the season for shopping! Here are two toy catalogs from the mid-1960s. This was back in the day when mom and pop hardware stores sold toys and handed out catalogs. Perhaps the most sophisticated toy in 1965 was the Easy Bake Oven!

Here’s a 1966 Toy Catalog from a hardware store in southern New Hampshire.
G.I. Joes were big sellers that year. The male doll had been introduced two years earlier.