Known as "The Farmer's Bible" or "The Nation's Wishbook," the Sears, Roebuck catalog became an American institution. When the catalog first came out, mail order was not a new concept, for Montgomery ...
Sears (officially Sears, Roebuck & Company) is a chain of American department stores. The company was founded by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck in 1886; it was previously based in ...
Ward Jandl wrote in their book, “Houses by Mail: A Guide to Houses from Sears, Roebuck and Company ... Homes and Building Plans,” the first catalog devoted to mail-order homes.