How did wedding registries work pre-web2? Did guests just bring/send whatever they thought would be a good gift?

Any boomers on here that can enlighten the rest of us?

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Im Gen X boss.  Idk, maybe the Sears catalog? 🤷

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Haha yup that’s basically it from what @dutchess informed me. Department Stores were the registry platforms