Sears Catalog

I too remember those pages! Those, combined with the lingerie section, sent my libido through the roof!

Yup.....the Sears & Roebuck catalog was a staple in our house. Wouldn't surprise me in the least if the red enema bag that we had came from Sears. My folks placed 2 to 3 fairly large orders from Sears each year. I loved the Christmas Toy catalog, and like others here, I enjoyed secretly looking at the enema stuff in the regular catalog, and imagining that black nozzle stuck up my butt, and getting a nice warm enema.

Looking at a Montgomery Ward fall and winter right now from 1942-43 in pretty good condition. Well on page 599 are a few rectal and oral thermometers for .98 cents. But on page 605 has all the enema bags and hoses. There is even a Higginsons bulb assembly with nozzles. Most expensive enema was $1.69. Even some bulb syringes on a previous page. How about some waterproof sheets for a little fun in bed. Those were the days.

It makes no sense to compare absolute numbers for prices for enema (and other) stuff in ancient catalogues and those of today. You have to ask about what the dollar could buy then and what it can buy today. In other words, you need to factor in inflation. Ask what the average worker made in dollars per hour or day and what he makes today. Better yet, go online and see the government inflation table and figure it from there. I would guess that today's "high priced" stuff is not so bad when looked at in that manner.

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OT: I didn't look at enema stuff but all the boys in my neighborhood looked at the lingerie section for photos of scantily clad women. I enjoyed looking at not only the women but the lingerie.

I remember those catalogs like they were yesterday. I always looked forward for a new one to arrive. One afternoon I was sitting on the sofa thumbing through the latest Sear's catalog, I thought my Mother was outside in her garden, but boy was I mistaken. I flipped over to the pages that contained the enema/douche bags and was sitting there wishing Mom was using one on me. All of a sudden, Mom put her hand on my shoulder. (I about jumped out of my pants) and whispered "Mike, those are nice ones aren't they? Now would you like your Mom to fix you a nice hot enema with our bag now?" I couldn't believe my luck....and turned around looking her in the eyes and said "Mom, I love you so much!" Well, Mom did exactly that and I'll never forget it.

Having grown up on a farm in the 50's and 60's the arrival of the latest catalogs were a big event. I remember at times we had Sears, Wards, and Penny's. When others were around I would be found checking out the toys, bikes, guns, and things like that but as soon as I was alone I looked for the enema stuff and then the women's underwear.

I was totally surprised at the variety of enema bags and bulbs offered. Even though we had some stuff, and I had seen some at neighbor's and cousin's houses they were mostly the typical red bulb and red combination bag. At the time I could only guess what a "feminine syringe" was for. As for the bras and things that also caught my interest, they sure were pretty plain and industrial looking compared to what you see offered today. Your choices appeared to be white or black. I remember somewhere about 1965 when my then girlfriend wore a front hook bra for the first time. After a bit of making out in the car she let me get a good feel and I was trying to get her bra unhooked for a better feel. She had to show me how to unhook it. That was all I got with her.

Growing up in the early sixties I was quite familiar with the Sears and Montgomery Ward catalogs. They always had two or sometimes four pages of enema and douche equipment. They had a wide variety of open and closed top fountain syringes listed as "good", "better" and "best". Plus they had many different feminine douche bulbs including some with the contour douche nozzle, which was a one piece curved nozzle and shield together. They also sold rectal bulb syringes of various capacity as well as folding travel syringes. I spent many hours sneaking a look at those catalogs and couldn't wait until the new ones arrived each season.

There were still the basic combination HWB-syringes listed in Montgomery Ward catalogs in the 80s, not long before they closed their catalog business.

@curtina

Some reading material about Sears for your perusal

Have one better, Growing up in Brooklyn in the late 1960s I was always visiting the Brooklyn Sears store on Beverly Road and Bedford Ave. If you entered the store from the parking lot and walked in the left aisle there was a a ladies health section. There they were, enema bags that were made with the Sears logo. I ALWAYS walked that way whenever we entered the store. Better than a catalogue any day. Cheers

Indeed as others have said , the ' Sears and Roebuck ' catalogs were a shopping ' staple ' in our home of the 1950's - early 1960's . My enema interest was ' piqued ' early on in my childhood via the many ' home enemas ' my mother gave me . When I ' discovered ' the syringes in the ' Sears Catalog ' , I would spend much time viewing same . As I matured , the ' ladies lingerie ' section became just as alluring especially the ' full-cut all nylon panties / bra ' offerings illustrated by the vintage , lovely ' young moms ' who so well modeled these ' dainties ' . Over time in my mind I combined these two ' interests ' such that I my thoughts would be those of ' lingerie mom(s) ' giving me a ' good ' enema from the ' rubber goods enema syringes ' and then ........... I would ' give ' said pretty ' lingerie mom(s) ' a large volume ' cleansing enema ' to meet her needs as well . I still have several ' Sears and Roebuck ' ( vintage ) catalogs of the 1950's era from the pages of which on occasion I ' travel down ' memory lane ' . Yes , the ' Spring / Summer ' - ' Fall / Winter ' editions of the ' Sears catalogs ' was a ' treat ' for me as per above . ' They just don't make em' like they used to ' ........ ( see above ) .

@stingr If you entered the store from the parking lot and walked in the left aisle there was a a ladies health section.

Interesting - my local Sears back in the day, upon entering there was the Lady's Foundation wear department and I can still clearly picture a mannequin sporting a pale blue long-leg girdle with matching bra perched about the racks. I was too chicken to simply stand there and stare - but oh how exciting the view was!

You too Reddevil, i wished i had the courage to take a good look

Montgomery Wards had Enema supplies in their catalogue. It was such a rush seeing that!!!

Vintage bags, bulb syringes, rectal thermometers, and even Castile soap. Whew! Sure do wish they still had those catalogues! Those were the days!

We picked up a new Sears catalog every year, and every year I would peruse the products with great interest. If I spent too much time on the bras and panty pages my mom would tell me, "Enough looking at that catalog, go outside and look at the world." Those pages with feminine needs, enema equipment, suspensory and jock straps were fascinating as well. Their purpose were mostly a mystery, and I knew asking a parent about those products would not be well received.

One of my household chores was to empty the wastebaskets around the house. One year when the old Sears catalog was discarded, I was able to tear out the pages of interest. It became the start of my porn collection.

I sure wish the enema/douche equipment sections of old Sears catalogs was available online somewhere. What I would like to see is if the thrill would still be the same today as it was when I was a kid.

Check https://archive.org

They have a menagerie of old printed directories and even cataloged webpages of myriad websites. The site is sometimes referred to as the Wayback Machine.

I used to spend lots of time on the living room floor on my stomach looking at the enema pages of the latest Sears catalog as i always had a hardon that i didn’t want my sisters to see knowing that they would “rat me out to mom” for my observations of said pages! Then i had to find a place to relieve my tensions and that was usually late at night in my bed or on at a sleepover at my buddies house on weekends where we relived each others tensions!

If only someone would bring back those products it would be great to revisit that experience!You can always go home but you can never go back……

Then i had to find a place to relieve my tensions...

Ode to the lock on bathroom door, hahah

@codjer said,

Then i had to find a place to relieve my tensions and that was usually late at night in my bed or on at a sleepover at my buddies house on weekends where we relived each others tensions!

My siblings and I were lucky our RN grandmother taught us personal hygiene as preteens. Once enemas were our responsibility, it wasn’t long before we were swapping enemas with each other. We missed someone giving us enemas, plus it scratched our anal erotic itch. Mom and dad's house only had one bathroom and two bedrooms, so we shared a bedroom until our mid to late teens. By sharing a bedroom, we were accustomed to seeing each other nude, knowing what the others were up too. In other words, there were no secrets between us in the bedroom. A year or so earlier, we had started masturbating after getting a couple of enemas once we were in bed. So, once enemas became our responsibility, we combined enemas, our anal erotic itch, and masturbating to help relieve our sexual tensions.

My 2 fav things to read and look at when i was a kid , my Beatles Album covers and the sears enema hygiene section then in my freshman year thats when my mom made me wear a girdle and garter and stockings to school and soon after the undergarment section in the Sear wish book became my third favorite thing

A plethora of old Sears catalogs. Pick a book, when it opens (be patient) use the scroll tab on the right side to get to the index pages. I picked one about 5 or 6 from the first to get to the "ENE" listings then note the page(s) listing enemas print is small so I used a 80" TV as a monitor, but a 27" should work. You have to go back to the catalog list and open the book you had before, scroll down to the pages you want. The page numbers are hard to read but it's better than scrolling one at a time. To capture images use something like Photoscape (freeware) use "capture region then save it"

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Maybe to me not the Beatles Albums but the Sears enema product section for sure @Annie2.