Sears, Roebuck and Company ephemera 1992.255
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Audiovisual Collections PO Box 3630 Wilmington, Delaware 19807 [email protected] URL: http://www.hagley.org/library Sears, Roebuck and Company ephemera 1992.255
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Summary Information ...... 3 Historical Note ...... 3 Scope and Content ...... 3 Administrative Information ...... 4 Controlled Access Headings ...... 4
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Summary Information
Repository: Audiovisual Collections Creator: Sears, Roebuck and Company Title: Sears, Roebuck and Company ephemera ID: 1992.255 Date: 1904 Physical Description: 7 item(s) General Physical 7 items ; 11 x 8.5 in. or smaller. Description: Physical Location: GL Box 2 Language of the English . Material: Abstract: Sears, Roebuck & Company is a department store chain. This collection consists of seven pieces of ephemera from the company.
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Historical Note
Sears, Roebuck & Company is a department store chain. In 1893, Richard Warren Sears (1863-1914) and Alvah Curtis Roebuck (1864-1948) founded the company as a mail-order business. Sears retail stores first opened in 1906.
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Scope and Content
Seven pieces of ephemera from Sears, Roebuck and Company. Included are a paper tape measure, a "profit sharing certificate," an order blank, two letters on company letterhead concerning the return of a purchased watch, and two used stamped envelopes.
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Administrative Information
Publication Statement Audiovisual Collections
PO Box 3630 Wilmington, Delaware 19807 [email protected] URL: http://www.hagley.org/library
Access Restrictions This collection is open for research.
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Controlled Access Headings
• Mail-order business • Merchandising • Ephemera • Department stores
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