She used insurance money to purchase a house by mail order – from Sears, family was told ... to Model 272 in Pacific Ready-Cut’s 1925 catalog, though there are some caveats.

A family stands on the front porch of their Sears home – a model dubbed “The Westly” in the 1920s catalog – in Raleigh, N.C., in 2011. CHELSEA KELLNER Raleigh News & Observer file “The ...

The story went that Kendall’s first husband Richard Layton died in 1933 at age 23 after an illness. She used insurance money to purchase a house by mail order – from Sears, family was told – that she ...

For prices as low as $15.95, you could buy a bike from the Sears catalog. Shown here is the 1912 Napoleon bicycle, which ...

She used insurance money to purchase a house by mail order – from Sears, family was told – that she had built around 1935 at 217 Los Vegas Ave. Her new boyfriend who she would later marry ...

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.

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.

Jea Yu has 20+ years of experience as a financial professional. He is the co-founder of Undergroundtrader.com and an author of four books. Sears was once one of the leading names in American retail.

Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck started Sears in 1892. In its early years, it was primarily a catalog company.

Additionally, Sears outlined its mobile payments strategy earlier in the year, proving it is ahead of the mobile commerce curve. The company even went so far as to take its entire catalog ...