Papers, 1894-1914 (inclusive).
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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...
Rosenwald, Julius, 1862-1932
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Businessman and philanthropist. Born, Springfield, IL, 1862. President, Rosenwald and Weil, 1885-1906. Vice-president and treasurer, Sears, Roebuck and Company, 1910-1925; president and chairman of the board, 1925-1932. Founder, Julius Rosenwald Fund, 1917. Founder, Museum of Science and Industry, 1929. Trustee, University of Chicago, Tuskegee Institute, Rockefeller Foundation, Hull House, Art Institute of Chicago, and the Baron de Hirsch Fund. From the description of Papers, 1905-19...
Asher, Louis Eller, 1877-1948
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Advertising executive and businessman. From the description of Papers, 1894-1914 (inclusive). (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 52247507 Autograph collector. From the description of Lewis Eller Asher autograph collection, 1757-1925. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71064104 Louis Eller Asher was born in Jackson, Mississippi in 1877. He moved to Chicago in 1898 where he worked successively as a reporter for the Daily News, and later for a...
Sears, Richard Warren, 1863-1914
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