Even homes. From 1908 to 1940, customers could pick out their own ready-to-assemble home kit from a Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalog and have the materials shipped directly to them, primarily by rail.

The latest news about Sears is, in a word, grave. When Sears and Kmart merged in 2005, they counted 3,500 stores in the U.S. In 2023, it would be no surprise if the store count finally hit zero.

During a recent visit back home, I was surprised to see that the Sears, Roebuck, and Company at the Columbia Mall had closed. I shouldn’t have been, but I was. Sears once occupied the place in ...

Founded in 1892 as Sears, Roebuck and Co., the company became the largest retailer in the nation in large part due to its iconic catalog. After years of decline, the retailer went bankrupt in 2018 ...

For decades, the Sears Roebuck and Co. building was a fixture in Bergen County, known for its art-deco style and soaring 105-foot tower bearing the name of the once-iconic retailer.

It’s not 1939 outside. But this unfortunate date (see above) hasn’t prevented me from perusing, in some detail, the Fall-Winter catalog from Sears, Roebuck and Co.

Sears, Roebuck and Co. began construction of the world's tallest skyscraper, the Sears Tower, in 1970 and celebrated its "topping-out" on May 3, 1973.

In 1908, Sears, Roebuck and Co. started selling house blueprints, followed soon after by the building materials for those specific plans, too.

Sears, Roebuck and Company 'Kit' homes and barns By David Dorpfeld For Columbia-Greene Media May 16, 2017 Updated Apr 3, 2024 ...

Will plunging profits soon spell the end of Sears, Roebuck and Company? The 122-year-old retail giant virtually created modern American consumerism. For anyone over the age of 40, its demise is ...

Subseries Restrictions Sears, Roebuck & Co. catalogs are restricted due to fragile condition. Researchers should consult microfilm in National Museum of American History Library for 1880-1983 editions ...

Steller v. Sears, Roebuck and Company October 15, 2010 at 12:00 AM 1 minute read By | Updated on October 15, 2010 C.A. 2nd B219935 ...