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PostSun Apr 20, 2014 9:52 pm 
Awesome! Thanks for sharing!

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PostSun Apr 20, 2014 9:56 pm 
My moms camping kit for us in the early 70s included that Bluetz stove in picture 10. smile.gif

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PostSun Apr 20, 2014 10:03 pm 
There are a lot of great things in the catalog. The one thing that really made me stop was the order form. 'Washington residents add 4% tax' frown.gif

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PostSun Apr 20, 2014 11:53 pm 
What a shame that REI doesn't sell lederhosen these days! thanks for sharing - this is awesome.

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PostMon Apr 21, 2014 2:18 am 
That feels a little bit like "The Whole Earth Catalog", which wouldn't come out for another 4 years. REI was definitely part of the "access to tools" movement. It's been a while since I've heard people comparing their REI numbers! What's yours Randy?

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PostMon Apr 21, 2014 9:02 am 
puzzlr wrote:
It's been a while since I've heard people comparing their REI numbers! What's yours Randy?
It's not that low - it's a 5 digit number

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PostMon Apr 21, 2014 12:09 pm 
Thanks for those catalog pages - interesting stuff. The prices seem cheap until I recall what I was earning ( good summer jobs) in 1964 - anything over $1.25/hr was good! smile.gif It was a bit of an eye-opener when I saw something that is still on my gear shelf (somewhere) in that catalog!

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PostMon Apr 21, 2014 4:36 pm 
Thanks for posting. Based on some U.S. Commerce Department information posted on the St. Louis Fed website it looks like the price level has increased by a factor of 5.91 since 1964. Multiply the catalog prices by 5.91 and they seem high in some cases but knives appear to have been a good deal back then. Or divide today's prices by 5.91 to get a basis for comparison. Price level estimator

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PostMon Apr 21, 2014 5:11 pm 
I still have an REI McKinley sleeping bag, two Cruisers, and there's probably two or three of those old model ice axes around here someplace, too. I still use one of them.

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PostMon Apr 21, 2014 6:37 pm 
Really cool catalog. Thanks for scanning and posting, Schroder. up.gif

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PostMon Apr 21, 2014 6:39 pm 
I joined in 67 but lots of those items were still there then, feeling old frown.gif

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PostMon Apr 21, 2014 6:51 pm 
camut wrote:
I still have an REI McKinley sleeping bag, two Cruisers, and there's probably two or three of those old model ice axes around here someplace, too. I still use one of them.
The McKinley bag. If I'd had another $15 in my meager bank account back when I was in 5th grade, I would have bought one. As it was I bought a less expensive one at Jonas Brothers. up.gif up.gif

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PostMon Apr 21, 2014 8:21 pm 
I still have one of those McKinley sleeping bags. I thought I had a low REI membership number but when they opened the store last year in Silverdale the Central Kitsap Reporter said member number 25 lives in the area.

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PostThu May 08, 2014 1:23 pm 
I was born in 64, and my dad's number was 3700-something. So we had quite a bit of that gear around the house. My mom had one of those Nordic-style sweaters, and Dad had one of those Cowichan ones (plus hat). I'm pretty sure I rode around in the Kelty combination kid carrier/car seat. Amazingly, I survived.

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PostFri Dec 19, 2014 11:55 pm 
Interesting how the prices in Schroder's 1964 REI catalog haven't changed much, factoring in inflation. Using this inflation calculator: Page 15, "English Ventile Parka" $27.95 - (2014 equivalent price $212.92) Page 27, "Co-op Eiger" ice ax $13.95 - ($106.27) Page 36, "Todi" boots $29.95 - ($228.15) Page 40, "Camper" tent $69.50 - ($529.44)

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