One of the overlooked joys of childhood in the 1960s and ’70s is the Sears Christmas catalog. The first one in 1933 was just 87 pages long. I’m not old enough to remember it, but I remember getting ...

Three homeowners describe how their Sears catalog homes have stood the test of time—and they have the photos to prove it.

The last Sears kit homes were built more than 80 years ago and few were sold in Florida compared to other states. But there are still some left.

Ryan Forbes has collected six Sears holiday catalogs. While he has a few from his childhood, he’s also managed to find others at garage sales and online.

Sears' mail-order catalogs from the 1950s and 1960s offered dogs, ponies, monkeys, and other animals for purchase. Rating: Context: Sears offered live animals through its mail-order catalogs from 1956 ...

“Nothing says Christmas to me like my memories of the Sears-Christmas-Wish-Book”-Title of an article in the Christian Science Monitor. I think back to my childhood growing up in the 1960 – 1970s. We ...

These days, toys are big business -- and they're not just for kids. Adult collectors now make up the most lucrative segment of toy consumers. In fact, in the first quarter of 2024 alone, adults ...

Sep. 5—TAMAQUA — Jim Hain believes his grandparents, Charles and Catherine Houser, ordered a new house from a Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalog in the late 1920s or early 1930s. "The house was ...

Before Folding 30 Years Ago, the Sears Catalog Sold Some Surprising Products The retail giant’s mail-order business reigned supreme for more than a century, offering everything from quack cures ...

Once the world’s largest retailer, with almost 3,500 Sears and Kmart stores, now just 22 stores remain in business, including the outlet here at the South Shore Plaza.

Now on view, the exhibit combines holiday catalog pages with the toys that came from them to celebrate the imagination of children, the hard work of their families, and the magic of the season.

As we were walking through Penney’s, I tried to explain to them the significance of a Sears and Roebuck catalog.