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  2. American Type Founders - Wikipedia

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    While the magnificent 1923 catalog was typical of its day at 1148 pages, subsequent editions were ever smaller. The 1934 catalog was only 207 pages, while the 1941 catalog was only slightly smaller at 191 pages. By 1956 the "descriptive index of types" was down to only 24 pages, but this recovered a little by 1966's catalog of 30 pages.

  3. Johnson Smith Company - Wikipedia

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    1922 – Johnson Smith Catalog grows to 400 pages, employing more than 150 people. The company is moved to Racine, Wisconsin after Alfred fails at publishing a magazine that competed against The Saturday Evening Post. 1923 – The catalog grows to 576 pages, with 100,000 copies being printed. 1923–1935 – Throughout the Depression, sales ...

  4. Sears - Wikipedia

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    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]

  5. The Nature Company - Wikipedia

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    The Nature Company was a Berkeley, California-based chain of retail stores that sold scientific toys, telescopes, artwork, fossils, minerals and gems, books, clothing, and music CDs.

  6. Hammacher Schlemmer - Wikipedia

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    Hammacher Schlemmer began printing and distributing a company catalog in 1881. In 1912, it printed its largest catalog to date, spanning 1,112 pages. A hardbound copy of the 1912 catalog is housed in the Smithsonian’s permanent collection. By 1926, the Hammacher Schlemmer had moved uptown to a larger space at the company's present location of ...

  7. J. Peterman Company - Wikipedia

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    During the 1990s, the J. Peterman Company catalog attracted attention from celebrities, like Oprah Winfrey, Tom Hanks, Clint Eastwood, and Paul Newman. [4] From 1995 to 1998, Seinfeld , the most popular television series at the time, parodied the owner and the company with Elaine Benes working at the catalog under eccentric businessman and ...

  8. Best Products - Wikipedia

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    Best employed the "catalog showroom" concept for many of its product offerings. Although some product categories (such as sporting goods and toys) were stocked in traditional self-serve aisles, the majority of products (notably consumer electronics, housewares, and appliances) were featured as unboxed display models.

  9. Compy - Wikipedia

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    Compy may refer to: An abbreviation, slang term or pet name for a computer; The shortened form of Procompsognathus, as used in the book Jurassic Park;