What exactly was "SEARS" and what was "ROEBUCK" - I never understood this completely
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What exactly was "SEARS" and what was "ROEBUCK" - I never understood this completely
"SEARS" is what we see today
What was the origin, and WHY do frontier references to their catalog often appear in history?
As if it was the only place you could order civilised things to be sent from back home? Ordinary things....
Also - WHAT THE HECK HAPPENNED TO ROEBUCK, and WHO THE HELL WAS HE?
It bugs me...
What was the histororical fact behind sears and roebuck..... it's a puzzle, isn't it?
What was the origin, and WHY do frontier references to their catalog often appear in history?
As if it was the only place you could order civilised things to be sent from back home? Ordinary things....
Also - WHAT THE HECK HAPPENNED TO ROEBUCK, and WHO THE HELL WAS HE?
It bugs me...
What was the histororical fact behind sears and roebuck..... it's a puzzle, isn't it?
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One of the most important things about the Sears-Roebuck catalog was the thin paper it was printed on. When you were in the outhouse you could read through it and then use a page to finish your business.
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When I was a kid...way too long ago...my brothers and sisters and I...there were 6...used to spend many hours making our Christmas lists from the Wish Book!!!
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That was a big day in my life, when the Christmas catalog came.
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Their standard catalogs were huge!
Sears even sold cars up until like early 1950's.
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Sears even sold cars up until like early 1950's.
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My grandparents ordered their house from the Sears catalog in the early 1900's Sears Homes Old Catalog.
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Lotta geezin' going on, in here.
Ahhhhhhhh. . the Sears "Wish Book"!! Memories abound.
I got my first guitar from the Sears Wish Book. Nice "Silvertone" acoustic guitar. I've still got it. (Got the darned thing when I was 8 or 9!)
Still in the original box!
Monkey-Warts!! (Montgomery Wards).
My very first set of 3/8" sockets and ratchet set came from Monkey-Warts. 1968 or 1969.
The ratchet still works like new. . . .the "PowerKraft" sockets started cracking and splitting after some hard use.
Speaking of tools, I was talking to a guy in the Sears tool department last Sunday.
He said that if you get a ratchet replaced, the quality isn't half of what you're trading.
He said that the 'old' stuff is better to rebuild, instead of replacing.
Ahhhhhhhh. . the Sears "Wish Book"!! Memories abound.
I got my first guitar from the Sears Wish Book. Nice "Silvertone" acoustic guitar. I've still got it. (Got the darned thing when I was 8 or 9!)
Still in the original box!
Monkey-Warts!! (Montgomery Wards).
My very first set of 3/8" sockets and ratchet set came from Monkey-Warts. 1968 or 1969.
The ratchet still works like new. . . .the "PowerKraft" sockets started cracking and splitting after some hard use.
Speaking of tools, I was talking to a guy in the Sears tool department last Sunday.
He said that if you get a ratchet replaced, the quality isn't half of what you're trading.
He said that the 'old' stuff is better to rebuild, instead of replacing.