You can tell a lot about a culture by what they shop for. Note an ad for a bicycle. "Sell your horse and buy a bicycle." Typewriters, stoves, shotguns(arms), sewing machines... I think the pics if the ladies in their underwear was after 1894. In my opinion in 1894 only drawings would've been allowed culturally.
http://www.searsarchives.com/catalogs/history.htm
The previous site mentioned here is a Sears catalog archive.
