Sears, Roebuck and Company ephemera 1992.255 This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on September 19, 2021. Description is written in: English. Describing Archives: A Content Standard Audiovisual Collections PO Box 3630 Wilmington, Delaware 19807 [email protected] URL: http://www.hagley.org/library Sears, Roebuck and Company ephemera 1992.255 Table of Contents Summary Information .................................................................................................................................... 3 Historical Note ............................................................................................................................................... 3 Scope and Content ......................................................................................................................................... 3 Administrative Information ............................................................................................................................ 4 Controlled Access Headings .......................................................................................................................... 4 - Page 2 - Sears, Roebuck and Company ephemera 1992.255 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. ^ Return to Table of Contents 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. ^ Return to Table of Contents 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. - Page 3- Sears, Roebuck and Company ephemera 1992.255 ^ Return to Table of Contents 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. ^ Return to Table of Contents Controlled Access Headings • Mail-order business • Merchandising • Ephemera • Department stores - Page 4-.