The rise and fall of Sears
Black Friday shoppers queue outside a Sears store in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, in 2007.
The rise and fall of Sears
The rise and fall of Sears
Sears Roebuck and Co. catalog cover. In the fall of 1900. The Sears catalog was the way many Americans first began purchasing mass-produced goods.
The rise and fall of Sears
Sears Store, Roebuck & Co. in El Paso, Texas, circa 1940. Sears stores helped reshape America, drawing shoppers away from the traditional high street merchants.
The rise and fall of Sears
Chicago salespeople went on strike circa 1946.
The rise and fall of Sears
A Sears store in Jackson, Mississippi, 1949.
The rise and fall of Sears
People vote inside a Sears store in Tucson, Arizona, in 1953.
The rise and fall of Sears
A woman receives a cosmetic consultation at a Sears store in Caracas, Venezuela, circa 1953.
The rise and fall of Sears
A worker reviews files in the Sears catalog office.
The rise and fall of Sears
Cars fill a parking lot outside a Sears store, circa 1958.
The rise and fall of Sears
Sales writer Lucille Gagoch shows fabric samples to shopper Arlene Hardt at a Sears store in Niles, Illinois, in 1961.
The rise and fall of Sears
People shop inside a Sears store in Morton Grove, Illinois, in 1961.
The rise and fall of Sears
Soldiers guard a Sears store in Baltimore after riots broke out after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1968.
The rise and fall of Sears
People watch the launch of an Apollo 11 rocket at a Sears store in White Plains, New York, in 1969.
The rise and fall of Sears
An iron worker helps build the Sears Tower in Chicago. The new Sears headquarters, constructed in 1973, was the tallest building in the world until 1998. Sears sold the building in 1994.
The rise and fall of Sears
A customer’s shop in Woodfield, Illinois, in 1991.
The rise and fall of Sears
Woman working at Sears in Hicksville, New York, 1994.
The rise and fall of Sears
Seth Meyers, left, and Hugh Jackman play Sears photographers during the 2001 sitcom “Saturday Night Live.”
The rise and fall of Sears
Kaylin Wilson set up children’s clothing at Kmart in Nashua, New Hampshire, in 2005. The store was the first Kmart store in the country to begin receiving Sears merchandise after shareholders voted to merge to form the nation’s third largest retailer.
The rise and fall of Sears
Black Friday shoppers stay under the door of the opening of a Sears store in Mentor, Ohio, in 2011.
The rise and fall of Sears
A woman in Mississauga, Ontario, looks at used store furniture for sale in 2008. The Sears location has been closed forever.
The rise and fall of Sears
A disassembled sign leans outside a Sears store in Nanuet, New York, a day after it closed in 2019.
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