How Jack White found his own voice by seeking out a different kind of guitar

Silvertone, Airline, Kay... Jack White's formative tastes in electric guitars gave him a sound that he wouldn't have found if he'd chosen a more orthodox instrument ...
The Edwardsville Intelligencer

When the Sears Wish Book made Christmas magical

Recently, during coffee at one of my usual spots, I had a friendly exchange with another couple about our most recent Christmas and other holiday-related things. Like me, they owned up to being baby ...
CNN

Sears’ extraordinary history: A timeline

Richard Sears, a railroad station agent, started selling watches as a side business in North Redwood, Minnesota. The following year, he moved to the company's first Chicago location and hired ...
The Florida Times-Union

Do you live in a Sears ‘kit home’? Here's how to tell, how many are left in Florida

Sears sold mail-order kit homes from 1908 to 1942, ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars. Few Sears kit homes were sold in Florida, likely due to shipping logistics and the homes' ...
The Repository

Stark, actually: This picture-perfect Sears Magnolia catalog house still stands in Canton

What: This is no ordinary century-old colonial home: It was built in 1923 from a kit ordered through a Sears, Roebuck & Co. catalog. Where: The two-story is at 424 19th St. NW in Canton's historic ...
American Rifleman

Where Sears Got Its Guns

** When you buy products through the links on our site, we may earn a commission that supports NRA's mission to protect, preserve and defend the Second Amendment. ** The Meriden .22-cal. rifle shown ...
People

Remember the Sears Wish Book? Man Goes Viral for Sharing His Copy — and the Memories that Come with It (Exclusive)

In one TikTok video, Ryan Forbes opened a 1996 Sears Wish Book, which has since garnered more than 600,000 views Candace Forbes; Ryan Forbes A couple of years ago, Ryan Forbes was cleaning out his ...
USA Today

Sears used to sell homes by mail. Cincinnati has the most still standing.

Long before Amazon and internet shopping, you could buy almost anything from a mail-order catalog. Clothing, furniture, jewelry, toys, plant seeds. Even homes. From 1908 to 1940, customers could pick ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer

Sears used to sell homes by mail. Cincinnati may have more than any other city

Long before Amazon and internet shopping, you could buy almost anything from a mail-order catalog. Clothing, furniture, jewelry, toys, plant seeds. Even homes. From 1908 to 1940, customers could pick ...
Marketplace

Inside the mind of a Sears House hunter

In her free time, Judith Chabot, a recently retired high school teacher, hunts for a particular kind of house. She browses Zillow listings, pores over historical mortgage records and scours ...
Hazleton Standard Speaker

Sears catalog house south of Tamaqua renovated, at center of enclave’s revival

TAMAQUA – Jim Hain believes his grandparents, Charles and Catherine Houser, ordered a new house from a Sears, Roebuck & Co. catalog in the late 1920s or early 1930s. “The house was complete, and they ...