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The Sears Wish Book was a popular Christmas-themed catalog released annually by the American department store chain Sears in August or September. The catalog contained toys and other holiday-related merchandise. The first Sears Wish Book was published in 1933 [1] and was a separate catalog from the annual Sears Christmas catalog.
Putting Sears Homes on the Map: A Compilation of Testimonials Published in Sears Modern Homes Catalogs 1908–1940. ISBN 0976209608. ——— (2012). Mail-Order Homes: Sears Homes and Other Kit Houses. Shire Books. ISBN 978-1782001034. Shackman, Grace (2002). Ann Arbor in the 20th Century: A Photographic History. Arcadia Press. ISBN 0738520101.
Sears, Roebuck and Co., commonly known as Sears (/ s ɪər z / SEERZ), [6] is an American chain of department stores founded in 1892 by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck and reincorporated in 1906 by Richard Sears and Julius Rosenwald, with what began as a mail-order catalog company migrating to opening retail locations in 1925, the first in Chicago. [7]
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Silvertone is a brand created and promoted by Sears for its line of consumer electronics and musical instruments from 1916 to 1972. [1]The rights to the Silvertone brand were purchased by South Korean corporation Samick Music [3] in 2001.
Spiegel Spring/Summer 1958 Catalog. Spiegel was an American direct marketing retailer founded in 1865 by Joseph Spiegel.Spiegel published a catalog, like its competitors Sears, Aldens, and Montgomery Ward, which advertised various brands of apparel, accessories, and footwear, as well as housewares, toys, tools, firearms, and electronics.
A Sears brand-awareness survey determined that by 1973, the Toughskins had become better known by mothers than the Levis brand, already a century old at that time. [1] Toughskins had reinforced knees for longer wear. They came in slim, regular, and husky sizes and were a blend of Dacron Type 59 polyester, DuPont 420 nylon, and cotton.
After Sears relocated, the building was home at different times to a nightclub, a car dealership, a day care center, and a housing authority office, before becoming vacant for several years. In 2007, it was purchased by Ilan Zaken, owner of the hip-hop clothing company Miskeen Originals, for $2.7 million (~$3.82 million in 2023).