This is a picture of Silk crepe de chine (French) and other dress materials from Holman's Catalog. People ordered goods like fabric from Holman's Catalog. Women could make dresses out of these fabrics, then wear the dresses when they went out driving in a carriage pulled by a horse.

There were many different things sold by peddlars. I have organized them into categories.

Kitchen Items

Holman's Catalog from 1925 is selling wool and silks, which were used to make dresses. The people who would have made the dresses would have been tailors, women and dressmakers. The prices range from 69 cents to $4.50 per yard for the silks and from $2.15 to $4.00 per yard for the wool.

Marilla Cuthbert to Anne Shirley and Diana Barry about another new dress Matthew’s bought for Anne:

After Matthew Cuthbert buys Anne Shirley one pretty dress, Marilla gives in and expands Anne's wardrobe.