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Number of Pages: 576.
Date: 1936.
Catalog Number: 145.
Location: 6615 East Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Michigan.
Condition: Very Good.
Notes: none.

Number of Pages: 576.
Date: 1936.
Catalog Number: 145.
Location: 6615 East Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Michigan.
Condition: Very Good – Hard Cover shows wear, spine splitting – Catalog excellent.
Notes: none.

Number of Pages: 64.
Date: 1936 Supplement.
Catalog Number: none.
Location: 6615 E. Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Michigan.
Condition: Very Good – tear on front page and corner missing, minor tears on back page.
Notes: Probably the first catalog produced after the move to Detroit. Announces the move and gives new address.

Number of Pages: 576.
Date: 1937.
Catalog Number: 147.
Location: 6615 East Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Michigan.
Condition: Very Good.
Notes: Hard Cover.

Number of Pages: 576.
Date: 1937.
Catalog Number: 147.
Location: 6615 East Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Michigan.
Condition: Very Good – Spine worn – Complete.
Notes: none.

Number of Pages: 18.
Date: 1937.
Catalog Number: none.
Location: 6615 East Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Michigan.
Condition: Very Good – some pencil marks on front cover.
Notes: none.

Number of Pages: 32.
Date: 1937.
Catalog Number: none.
Location: 6615 E. Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Michigan.
Condition: Good – back cover inside and out and page 30 have red marks, but still readable.
Notes: none.

Number of Pages: 576.
Date: 1938.
Catalog Number: 148.
Location: 6615 East Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Michigan.
Condition: Very Good – Complete – Tears on front and back cover.
Notes: Listed “negro novelties’

Number of Pages: 576.
Date: 1938.
Catalog Number: 148.
Location: 6615 East Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Michigan.
Condition: Very Good – Spine disconnected, catalog is excellent and complete.
Notes: Hard Cover. Listed “negro novelties’.

Number of Pages: 576.
Date: 1938.
Catalog Number: 148.
Location: 6615 E. Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Michigan.
Condition: Very Good.
Notes: none.

Number of Pages: 669.
Date: 1938.
Catalog Number: 152.
Location: 6615 Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Michigan.
Condition: Very good – tape on spine.
Notes: This is a high end Johnson Smith catalog. No novelties.

Number of Pages: 61.
Date: 1938.
Catalog Number: none.
Location: 6615 East Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Michigan.
Condition: Good – edge wear on front page, pieces missing on back page and partially detached, some pencil marks throughout.
Notes: none.

Number of Pages: 96.
Date: 1939 Supplement.
Catalog Number: none.
Location: 6615 East Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Michigan.
Condition: Excellent.
Notes: none.

Number of Pages: 96.
Date: 1940.
Catalog Number: none.
Location: 6615 E. Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Michigan
Condition: Excellent.
Notes: none.

Number of Pages: 30.
Date: 1940.
Catalog Number: none.
Location: 6615 E. Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Michigan.
Condition: Very good.
Notes: none.

Number of Pages: 600.
Date: 1940.
Catalog Number: 154.
Location: 6615 E. Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Michigan.
Condition: Very Good – back page has some creasing and tears.
Notes: Page numbering starts at 25, because in subsequent catalogs there was a rotogravure section that took up pages 1-24. It is not known if that section should have been in this catalog, because there doesn’t seem to be any pages missing. 25th Anniversary of the catalog.

Number of Pages: 600.
Date: 1940.
Catalog Number: 154.
Location: Detroit, Michigan.
Condition: Very Good – fabric spine split.
Notes: Hard Cover, first 24 pages are rotogravure and are glued into the binding. These pages separate easily from the binding. 25th Anniversary edition.

Number of Pages: 92.
Date: 1941.
Catalog Number: none.
Location: 6615 E. Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Michigan.
Condition: Very good.
Notes: Produced just before WWII. Patriotic cover.

Number of Pages: 30.
Date: 1941.
Catalog Number: none.
Location: 6615 E. Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Michigan.
Condition: Excellent – name written and crossed out on front cover.
Notes: Catalog produced prior to WWII, but still with some patriotic offerings.

Number of Pages: 624.
Date: 1941.
Catalog Number: 403.
Location: Location: 6615 E. Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Michigan.
Condition: Very Good – Some creasing on cover, back corner sliced off.
Notes: Relatively rare.

Number of Pages: 624.
Date: 1941.
Catalog Number: 403.
Location: 6615 E. Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Michigan.
Condition: Excellent.
Notes: Relatively rare.

Number of Pages: 96.
Date: 1942.
Catalog Number: none.
Location: 6615 E. Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Michigan.
Condition: Very good – part of front cover missing on right edge.
Notes: Anti-axis war related merchandise. This catalog was likely produced just after Pearl Harbor and distributed early in 1942. The Copyright is 1942 and a note in the lower right corner of the cover, as seen in a duplicate catalog, states “During World War, Number 1” (see 1942 Johnson Smith & Company Catalog (4).

Number of Pages: 32.
Date: 1942.
Catalog Number: none.
Location: 6615 E. Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Michigan.
Condition: Excellent.
Notes: This catalog was likely produced very quickly after Pearl Harbor, hence no copyright date. The same catalog, #3 in our list, has a copyright date of 1942. This catalog states “During World War, Number 1” on the lower right corner of the front page. The catalog is flush with war-related material including anti-axis offerings.

Number of Pages: 624.
Date: 1942.
Catalog Number: 403.
Location: 6615 E. Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Michigan.
Condition: Very Good – Few pages in back are loose.
Notes: Hard Cover.

Number of Pages: 624.
Date: 1942.
Catalog Number: 403.
Location: 6615 E. Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Michigan.
Condition: Fair – Front and back cover are detached, first page detached, several back pages are partially detached.
Notes: none.

Number of Pages: 320.
Date: 1944.
Catalog Number: 436.
Location: 6615 E. Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Michigan.
Condition: Very Good – Spine of hard cover is detached from catalog insert.
Notes: Leatherette cover. Includes Anti-Axis items including the Hitler Pincushion.

Number of Pages: 320.
Date: 1944.
Catalog Number: 436.
Location: Detroit.
Condition: Very Good.
Notes: Hard Cover. Includes order blank with someone writing an order but never sent. Contains many anti-axis items including the Hitler Pincushion.

Number of Pages: 320.
Date: 1944.
Catalog Number: 436
Location: 6615 E. Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Michigan.
Condition: Very Good.
Notes: WWII anti-axis items included

Number of Pages: 58.
Date: 1946.
Catalog Number: none.
Location: 6615 E. Jefferson Avenue, Detroit 7, Michigan.
Condition: Very good – bottom right corner torn on cover.
Notes: This is a catalog, not a supplement. This catalog advertised their Mammoth 500+ page, 1947 catalog to be distributed in July of 1946. This catalog doesn’t appear to have been distributed.

Number of Pages: 62.
Date: 1947 Supplement.
Catalog Number: none.
Location: 6615 E. Jefferson Avenue, Detroit 7, Michigan.
Condition: Excellent.
Notes: Catalog printed in black and red throughout.