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"A dazzling trove for students of Americana." Time...
Author : Sears, Roebuck and Company
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Page : 721 pages
File Size : 35,34 MB
Release : 2007-09-17
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 1602390630
"A dazzling trove for students of Americana." Time...
Author : Sears, Roebuck and Company
Publisher :
Page : 738 pages
File Size : 44,87 MB
Release : 1968
Category : Manufactures
ISBN :
Contains the savor of smalltown America.
Author : John Oharenko
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 28,91 MB
Release : 2006-03-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1439616647
Located on the site of the original Sears Tower, the historic Sears, Roebuck and Company catalog plant is one of the nations most unique landmarks. Representing American ingenuity at its best, Richard Sears and Julius Rosenwald combined technology, commerce, and social science with bricks and mortar to build the Worlds Largest Store on Chicagos West Side. Completed in 1906, the plant housed nearly every conceivable product of the time: clothing, jewelry, furniture, appliances, tools, and more. The complex employed 20,000 people, and merchandise orders were processed and delivered by railwithin the same day. During the first two decades of the 20th century, almost half of Americas families shopped the over 300 million catalogs published in that era. WLS (Worlds Largest Store) Radio broadcasted the Gene Autrey show from the top of the tower, and the first Sears retail store opened here on Homan Avenue and Arthington Street. In 1974, Sears moved to the current Sears Tower. Thanks to many individuals who fought to save these architecturally and historically important treasures, the administration building, the original Sears Tower, the catalog press-laboratory building, and the powerhouse remain today. There are currently plans for redeveloping these buildings into housing, office, and retail space. A new Homan Square Community Center stands on the site of the merchandise building.
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Publisher : Alfred Music
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,12 MB
Release : 2004
Category :
ISBN : 9780757918964
Take a trip "south of the border" with this arrangement of a classic Mexican folk song. Schaum keeps the piece at the late elementary level, even though it sounds quite a bit harder. This piece is a crowd-pleaser, effective for festivals and competitions.
Author : Sears, Roebuck & Co.
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 24,26 MB
Release : 2007-09-17
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 1629148229
Imagine it's the end of the nineteenth century, and, with one catalog, you can buy everything from beds and tools to clothing and opium. (Yes, opium.) Not to mention ear trumpets, horse buggies, and Bibles. The 1897 Sears, Roebuck & Co. Catalogue is both a wonderfully fascinating collector's item and a valuable piece of American history. For every recognizable item included, there are plenty of others guaranteed to confuse or interest 21st century readers—like Bust Cream or Food and Sweet Spirits of Nitre. What was once standard household fare is today a sometimes strange, often funny look at what life was once like for the average American family. It's amazing to see that a Princely Shirt for Princely Men cost $0.95 or three for $2.75 or that a Complete Violin Outfit (with bow and case) cost only $2.00.
Author : roebuck and company. i Sears
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Page : pages
File Size : 40,37 MB
Release : 1976
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Author : Sears, Roebuck & Co.
Publisher : Skyhorse
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 32,4 MB
Release : 2013-02-01
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781620873717
Proudly advertising its enormous inventory shipped from "Cheapest Supply House on Earth," in 1894, the Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalog offered substantial savings for rural dwellers on almost everything. And everything means everything. From pianos and firearms to clothing, watches, and jewelry, this well-known American superstore had it all. Need a sewing machine guaranteed to last ten years? Just $17.55 from Sears, Roebuck and Co. And why not buy solid gold? Solid gold watches, that is, for just thirty to fifty dollars. In the musical goods department, guitars came with free instruction books, mandolins were becoming so popular that sales had more than doubled in a year, and violins were imported and plentiful. The guns and sporting goods department boasted a wide range of weaponry, including the Colt's Army Double Action Revolver (which, if ordered with an accompaniment of cash payment in full, came with a "FREE nice present" . . . the likes of which are left to the gun enthusiast's imagination). Hundreds of illustrations accompany the fascinating product descriptions and hard-to-fathom prices of over a century ago in this rerelease of the Sears, Roebuck and Co. Consumer’s Guide for 1894. Nostalgic for some, fun for all--this book is perfect for anyone interested in collectibles.
Author : Sears, Roebuck and Co.
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 12,89 MB
Release : 2012-09-26
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 0486138933
Reprint of rare original catalog includes huge illustrated selection of building materials, fixtures and trimmings, complete with descriptions, specifications, and prices. Hundreds of black-and-white illustrations.
Author : Fred L. Israel
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 43,38 MB
Release : 1976
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Author : Sears, Roebuck and Company
Publisher : Chelsea House Pub
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 49,80 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780877540458
Facsimile of the 1897 catalogue.