Of the 1,068 pages in the new Sears, Roebuck catalogue, only four advertise books. But Sears, Roebuck is a big factor in one branch of the book business. Since 1920 it has owned a controlling ...

One way to think of it is as an immense Sears Roebuck catalogue in which every page is there to be fingered, and touched, and looked at directly. So there's so much stuff going on there ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History has added a gold pocket watch to its collections that once belonged to ...

Between 1908 and 1940, Sears, Roebuck and Co. sold nearly 75,000 kit ... we ordered it from the Sears catalog,’” Chabot said. “I was intrigued by the concept of people picking out a house ...

McKeon began her career by modeling baby clothing in the Sears & Roebuck catalog at the age of two. She also performed in many commercials, as did her brother. In 1976, the family relocated to Los ...

The group's numbers would grow again amid civil rights battles in the 1950s and 1960s. Having built a huge business with its trademark catalog, Sears, Roebuck and Company opened its first retail store ...

EVER since the turn of the century when the Yellow Press was named after Outcault's Yellow Kid, the war of the comics has been savagely fought. It has been a bitter civil war with parents on one ...

Yet no matter how educated, worldly or wealthy I became, I remained that barefoot kid swinging a discarded stick at a crusty ...

Developers plan to remodel former offices and retail spaces into residences. But guests can tour the building until mid-May, ...

“This show made perfect sense for WLS not only to attract listeners in rural areas but also spark the sales of radio available from their Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalog,” Durica says. The ...