President Richard Nixon was born in a kit home in Yorba Linda, CA. The house was built in 1912 and was not from Sears. Today the house is on the grounds of the Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace.
Allowed families to become consumers
Sears didn't use the mail, but the railroads for their orders. In the 1800's a watch salesman named Sears came up with an idea to sell items by catalog. He opened a wherehouse in Chicago because that was the rail hub for east/west bound trains. His catalog carried everything from dolls to kit houses. Everyone had two things in their homes. A bible and a Sears catalog until JC Pennies thought Sears had a good idea and produced their own catalog. It wasn't until the 1900's that a Sears store opened.
The company was formed by CBS, IBM and Sears Roebuck and Company. The company was headed by Theodore Papes until 1992.
Some stores do, check out your stores policy. Walmart does, as does Kmart, Sears, and Toys R Us. Oh, and Best Buy does as well.
Allstate Insurance was founded in the year 1931. The Allstate Insurance Company was named after the Sears' tire brand and was headed by the first chairman Lessing J.Rosenwald.
i want to know how much a 1908 sears and roebuck catalog is worth.
1893
Need price for my Sears book
it made good outhouse paper !
approximately 275.00
c1902/3
For a "General" SEar Catalog, $50 to $150, depending on condition
$25 + see ebay and bookfinder.com
$2.00 per pound.
Vaule of Sears book from 1901
Sears, Roebuck and Co. was founded by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck in 1893. They initially started as a mail-order catalog company before expanding into retail stores.
Shut the door and do your private business with the Sears/Roebuck catalog!