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Gnomenclature - The Hammacher Schlemmer Newsletter

A weekly newsletter about history and culture as told through the rich experience of Hammacher Schlemmer.

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Hammacher takes Letterman

And I think we all know how painful that can be

The Zero-Man Band

Our $54,000 automatic orchestra

The High-Speed Potato Baker

How did it work? Where did it go?

Cocktail Party, 1955

Midcentury barware for getting sophisticatedly stewed

A toast from Ellie Kemper

How we helped the beloved comic actor shine on Letterman

Hail to the Shelf

The White House needed new closets. Lady Bird called us

Who drew these gnomes?

Help us solve a mystery from our archives

The Personal Submarine cost how much?!?

Guess the prices of these Hammacher classics

When Hammacher coined our own money

The semi-legal tender that got us through the Civil War

Joe Versus the Volcano

Our Hollywood cameo and what might have been

On Her Majesty's Customer Service

The Queen Mother shops at Hammacher, 1954