Tue 17 Jun 2008
1949 Fostars Shoe Catalogue
Posted by Nicole under 1940s, Book
[4] Comments
A nice chap who collects vintage catalogues has lent us several choice publications for use as archival material in the Book.
Here’s one of my favourites – a very high quality catalogue filled with beautiful illustrations of shoes that can be ordered by the discerning customer.
Fostars was a Sydney establishment. I’ve found other catalogues from the ’50s, but nothing else about them although it looks as if the National Film and Sound Archive has an old cinema advertisement from 1940: that would be worth seeing!
Can you imagine receiving something as beautiful as this in your letter box in 1949? See below for the treats inside….click on an image to see in full, click again for the full size. Oh, if only it were this easy to find beautiful shoes nowadays.
June 25th, 2008 at 1:01 am
How completely fabulous! just goes to show…the circle of life
July 1st, 2008 at 5:36 pm
wow, would love to go!! Looks fun!!!
September 14th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
This is fantastic. My Grandmother and my Great Grandmother used to work for Fostars Shoes.
January 12th, 2010 at 2:35 pm
My Dad Edmund Albany Moran was a director of Fostars shoes until he passed away in 1952
I have a lot of info about shoe manufacturing factories and techniques in Abecrombie St Chippendale.Fostars had their own retail outlets. My mother Thelma worked there as well as my Auntie and uncle Jim Burnett. The major shareholders were the McEvoy family Jim and Andy(son)