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 company was bought by the management of the American big box chain Kmart, which formed Sears Holdings upon completion of the merger.
Sears, Roebuck and Company was a competitor to the highly successful mail order company Montgomery Ward. By 1900, Sears, Roebuck was indeed outselling Ward's. Roebuck did not remain long with the company, but his name was retained. In 1908, Sears retired from the company as well. Although not the originator of the mail-order catalog, Sears, Roebuck and Company became quite successful in that business.
From the description of A trip through Sears, Roebuck & Co., ca.1905. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 261235211
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| creatorOf | [Sears marque file. 1909]. | Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library | |
| creatorOf | A. E. G.-Union Elecktrizitäts-Gesellschaft. Trade catalogs of lighting, 1871-1928. | University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library | |
| creatorOf | A. Edgcumbre Rendle & Co. Trade catalogs of building materials, 1863-1926. | University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library | |
| creatorOf | A. Sartorius & Co. Trade catalogs of paints, 1906-1948. | University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library | |
| creatorOf | A. Shuman & Co. Trade catalogs of clothing, 1885-1934. | University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library | |
| creatorOf | A. Simonson (Firm). Trade catalogs of jewelry, 1870-1926. | University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library | |
| creatorOf | A. Vogeler & Co. Trade catalogs of home remedies and quack cures, 1844-1943. | University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library | |
| creatorOf | A.-B. Tornborg & Lundberghs Eftr. Trade catalogs of building materials, 1897-1936. | University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library | |
| creatorOf | A.B. Andrew Hollingworth & Co. Trade catalogs of agriculture, 1860-1926. | University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library | |
| creatorOf | A.C. Becken (Firm). Trade catalogs of bicycles, 1882-1929. | University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library |
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| associatedWith | Abbott, Merkt and Company. |
| associatedWith | American Medical Association. Dept. of Investigation. |
| associatedWith | American Medical Association. Dept. of Investigation. |
| associatedWith | Anderson, James W. |
| associatedWith | Asher, Louis Eller, 1877-1948. |
| correspondedWith | Barker, James M., 1886-1974. |
| associatedWith | Barker, James Madison, 1886-1974. |
| associatedWith | Bates Worldwide, Inc. |
| associatedWith | Benton, Allen H., 1921- |
| associatedWith | Bond, Horace Mann, 1904-1972 |
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