Sears, Roebuck and Company Mail-Order Catalog, "Consumers Guide, 1901," Catalogue No. 111
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Artifact Overview
By 1900, Sears, Roebuck and Company was one of the greatest merchandisers in the world. Flipping through the catalogs of this mail order giant brought a visual feast of tens of thousands of products. For farm families especially, mail order catalogs opened a world of new material possibilities, offering many goods similar to those found in America's burgeoning cities.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Trade catalog
Date Made
1901
Subject Date
1901
Creators
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
57.118.260
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Printing (Process)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 11 in
Width: 8.5 in
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