A trip through Sears, Roebuck & Co., ca.1905.

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A trip through Sears, Roebuck & Co., ca.1905.

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A boxed set of 51 stereo cards issued by Sears, Roebuck & Co. illustrating its buildings and operations. The company's plant was spread over 40 acres, with a number of buildings, a railroad yard, a garden, and fountains. The stereo cards show views of the packing department, the order department, the catalog printing department, the telephone switch board, the power plant, the mail opening department, the watch making department, the men's and boy's clothing manufacturing department, and other aspects of this large business, which employed 9000 people. It had its own fire department, the members of which are shown during a drill. Employee amenities included a restaurant, a cafeteria, and a hospital. New employees learned their jobs at the training school. Company founder Richard Warren Sears is depicted on two cards, both numbered 1.

1 box (52 items) : ill.

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Sears, Roebuck and Company

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Sears, Roebuck and Co., commonly known as Sears, is an American chain of department stores founded by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck in 1892, and reincorporated by Richard Sears and Julius Rosenwald in 1906. Formerly based at the Sears Tower in Chicago and currently headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, the operation began as a mail ordering catalog company and began opening retail locations in 1925. The first location was in Chicago, Illinois. In 2005, the...

Sears, Richard Warren, 1863-1914

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