Starting around 1908, Sears started selling prefabricated homes via its “Modern Homes” catalogs. Prices ranged from below ...
Beginning in the late 1800s, retailers such as Sears, Roebuck and Co. sent out fat catalogs filled with everything from sewing machines and saddles to bicycles and baby buggies for sale.
we ordered it from the Sears catalog,’” Chabot said. “I was intrigued by the concept of people picking out a house from a catalog,” she said. “I love finding these houses and learning ...
Richard W. Sears founded the Sears Catalog, Along with Alvah C. Roebuck, and eventually the current retail giant that Sears is today (at least until the past few years of bankrupcy at the hands of ...
Ryan Forbes, the man in the TikTok video, came across a 1998 Sears catalog a couple of years ago while cleaning his grandmother's house. "I don’t know if it was the smell, the feel of the glossy pages ...
No matter what you needed, Sears had it — even if it didn’t work. Just check out these Sears catalogs to see for yourself. A century ago, before Sears had turned into a series of depressing ...