So someone asks about a small '56 Raleigh, and...tada!...Neal Learner produces a matching Raleigh Space Rider catalog page. Someone mentions a Browning bike and...tada!...Scooper instantly produces a 1973 Browning ad from a
Boy's Life Magazine. I know (from personal usage) miamijim has made available
a large collection of Peugeot catalogs. For some reason I'd bet T-Mar either has an astounding photographic memory, or a vast reference library (or both!).
Who supplements their bike & parts collections with catalogs and other reference materials? What do you have? Where did/do you get them? Any other thoughts, tips, etc. regarding catalog procurement?
And why are some catalogs so hard to come by? I would think that nearly every catalog should be available somewhere, but apparently that's not the case.
(Forgive my ignorance on this topic. I don't own a single catalog, though I often find myself looking through scanned catalogs online and I've grown to appreciate those who have helped to preserve them.)