In the early 20th century, shopping for a home was different. Home buyers had the option to order up a house directly from the Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalog. In fact, you could purchase a banjo, a ...

In our “Information Age” it might be difficult to comprehend the significance of Sears, Roebuck & Co. in the lives of several generations of mountain people. Comparable to the World Wide Web, the ...

A few weeks ago, while taking two of my now-teenage granddaughters shopping for outfits for a sports banquet, I became nostalgic. As we were walking through Penney’s, I tried to explain to them the ...

What do you remember when you hear the name Sears? The answer may depend on how old you are - and if you’ve been keeping up with the news. In recent years, Sears has made headlines as a struggling ...

For much of the twentieth century, the Sears Roebuck catalog held a special place in American homes. It was never just a book of merchandise. It was a window into a wider world for families who lived ...

Sears will live on, at least for now. The company's chairman and largest shareholder and chairman, Eddie Lampert, won a January bankruptcy auction for Sears in New York, averting liquidation of the ...

You people who beat the Black Friday crowds by shopping online may think yourselves awfully smart and high-tech, but you’ve got nothing on your great-grandparents. Back in their day, you could have a ...

For much of the 20th century, the Sears Roebuck catalog held a special place in American homes. It was never just a book of merchandise. It was a window into a wider world for families who lived in ...

When I can’t sleep at night I “walk around our old Sears store.” As did everyone in town, my family and I spent many evenings there in the 1960s and 70s. My memories of that store have a lot of smells ...

It may have been built in 1893 from plans ordered through a Sears Roebuck catalog, but the home and surrounding property in Mill Valley has always been so stunning that its nickname was "King's Castle ...

We check in on an Iowa home or two ordered from a Sears Catalog in the 1920s. To commemorate Mail Order Catalog Day on August 18, we’ll check in on an Iowa home or two ordered from a Sears Catalog in ...