Sears' declaration of bankruptcy this week was entirely expected, a train wreck long in the making. What might have caught many by surprise were the immediate reflections by African-American scholars ...

Sep. 5—TAMAQUA — Jim Hain believes his grandparents, Charles and Catherine Houser, ordered a new house from a Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalog in the late 1920s or early 1930s. "The house was complete, ...

I’m happy to tell you because I just found out myself! It is a kit home purchased out of a Sears mail order catalog. Sounds unbelievable, right? But in those ...

The department store was formerly famous for its catalog and high-end offerings. — -- Sears was once a sparkling star of the retail world going back to the days before there was such a thing as a ...

Sears did more than pioneer the mail-order catalog over a century ago. The iconic retailer helped make America a more inclusive place at a time when Jim Crow was rampant and women couldn’t even vote.

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Long before Amazon and internet shopping, you could buy almost anything from a mail-order catalog. Clothing, furniture, jewelry, toys, plant seeds. Even homes. From 1908 to 1940, customers could pick ...

When you think of Sears today, you may think of a place at the mall where you’d buy tools or a pair of jeans. But if you turn the dial back a century, the Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalog was also a way ...

A late arrival to the gaming field who grew up in a household devoid of consoles. Her life changed after she found an old Gameboy Color and a copy of Pokémon Crystal at a garage sale. While she ...

Sears offered live animals through its mail-order catalogs from 1956 to 1964. However, some versions of those catalogs — possibly including an alleged 1956 Sears Christmas book featured in popular ...

Sears' mail-order catalogs from the 1950s and 1960s offered dogs, ponies, monkeys, and other animals for purchase. Sears offered live animals through its mail-order catalogs from 1956 to 1964. However ...