1923 Sears Roebuck Catalogue

Portrait of Richard Warren Sears, Founder, President, 1886-1908--Inside cover.

"A dazzling trove for students of Americana." Time...

Portrait of Richard Warren Sears, Founder, President, 1886-1908--Inside cover.

This facsimile of the rare 1923 Sears catalog "Thrift Book of a Nation" offers a nostalgic look back at consumer items during a nation's recovery from World War I. The catalog featured everything, from automobile accessories to toys.

Reprint of rare original catalog includes huge illustrated selection of building materials, fixtures and trimmings, complete with descriptions, specifications, and prices. Hundreds of black-and-white illustrations.

Faithful reprint of the retailer's Christmas catalog offers a nostalgia-inducing look at consumer goods of the 1940s, from toys to housewares, clothing, furniture, candy, and a selection of gifts for servicemen.

A fascinating piece of history and a window to turn-of-the-century America. The Sears, Roebuck & Co. catalog was the Amazon.com of its day, giving American families across the country access to thousands of items from clothing and furniture to buggies and hair tonic. Whether they could buy it or not, people would pour over the massive volume that represented an icon in American retail. The 1908 Sears, Roebuck & Co. Catalogue offers an amazing look at life in early twentieth-century America. Sears, Roebuck & Co. have defined and innovated American retail for years, As the company grew from humble beginnings, it’s catalog selection exploded to include all sorts of categories and encompassed almost everything imaginable. With merchandise ranging from ordinary to fantastical (and almost all of it priced at the pennies-on-the-dollar rate of the time), browsing through this vintage collection is sure to be an enjoyable experience.

Explores how the mail order catalogs of Sears Roebuck reveal major trends in transportation, fashion, agriculture, and entertainment in the first half of the twentieth century.