Sears, Roebuck & Company, Chicago 1918 catalogue
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Sears, Roebuck and Co., commonly known as Sears, is an American chain of department stores founded in 1892 by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck and reincorporated in 1906 by Richard Sears and Julius Rosenwald, with what began as a mail ordering catalog company migrating to opening retail locations in 1925, the first in Chicago. In 2005, the company was bought by the management of the American big box discount chain Kmart, which upon completion of the merger, formed Sears Holdings. Through the 1980s, Sears was the largest retailer in the United States. In 2018, it was the 31st-largest. After several years of declining sales, Sears's parent company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on October 15, 2018. It announced on January 16, 2019, that it had won its bankruptcy auction, and that a reduced number of 425 stores would remain open, including 223 Sears stores.
Sears, Roebuck and Co., commonly known as Sears, is an American chain of department stores founded in 1892 by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck and reincorporated in 1906 by Richard Sears and Julius Rosenwald, with what began as a mail ordering catalog company migrating to opening retail locations in 1925, the first in Chicago. In 2005, the company was bought by the management of the American big box discount chain Kmart, which upon completion of the merger, formed Sears Holdings. Through the 1980s, Sears was the largest retailer in the United States. In 2018, it was the 31st-largest. After several years of declining sales, Sears's parent company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on October 15, 2018. It announced on January 16, 2019, that it had won its bankruptcy auction, and that a reduced number of 425 stores would remain open, including 223 Sears stores.
Images below are excerpts from this huge mail order catalogue that relate to toys and games. With thanks to: https://archive.org/details/catalog1918sear_201901/mode/2up
- toys are from page 823 - https://archive.org/details/catalog1918sear_201901/page/n823/mode/2up
- toys are from page 823 - https://archive.org/details/catalog1918sear_201901/page/n823/mode/2up
Anthony Hordern & Sons Ltd. 1914 general catalogue
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Anthony Hordern & Sons was a major department store in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. With 52 acres (21 hectares) of retail space, Anthony Hordern's was once the largest department store in the world. The historic Anthony Hordern building, which was located on a block bounded by George Street, Liverpool, Pitt and Goulburn Streets, on what was a small hill called Brickfield Hill in the Sydney central business district, was controversially demolished in 1986, to make way for the World Square development.
Anthony Hordern & Sons was a major department store in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. With 52 acres (21 hectares) of retail space, Anthony Hordern's was once the largest department store in the world. The historic Anthony Hordern building, which was located on a block bounded by George Street, Liverpool, Pitt and Goulburn Streets, on what was a small hill called Brickfield Hill in the Sydney central business district, was controversially demolished in 1986, to make way for the World Square development.
Images below are excerpts from this huge tome that relate to toys and games. With thanks to the Caroline Simpson Library, Museums of History NSW and https://archive.org/details/Hordern15027/mode/2u
Harrods For Everything 1912 Catalogue
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Harrods is a British luxury department store located on Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, London, England. It is owned by Harrods Ltd, a company currently owned by the state of Qatar via its sovereign wealth fund, the Qatar Investment Authority. The Harrods brand also applies to other enterprises undertaken by the Harrods group of companies, including Harrods Estates, Harrods Aviation and Air Harrods. Recognised as one of the world's leading department stores, it is visited by 15 million people per year.
This is a mail order catalogue (from about 1912) from Harrods, the famous London department store.
The Harrods motto 'Everything for Everybody Everywhere' has more than lived up to its meaning over the years. In the early 1900s, the store made yachts to order, ran its own funeral service (embalming Sigmund Freud), sold aeroplanes and built houses. Author A.A. Milne found the original Winnie-the-Pooh for his son Christopher Robin here, and Arnold Bennett based his novel Hugo on the store.
Harrods is a British luxury department store located on Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, London, England. It is owned by Harrods Ltd, a company currently owned by the state of Qatar via its sovereign wealth fund, the Qatar Investment Authority. The Harrods brand also applies to other enterprises undertaken by the Harrods group of companies, including Harrods Estates, Harrods Aviation and Air Harrods. Recognised as one of the world's leading department stores, it is visited by 15 million people per year.
This is a mail order catalogue (from about 1912) from Harrods, the famous London department store.
The Harrods motto 'Everything for Everybody Everywhere' has more than lived up to its meaning over the years. In the early 1900s, the store made yachts to order, ran its own funeral service (embalming Sigmund Freud), sold aeroplanes and built houses. Author A.A. Milne found the original Winnie-the-Pooh for his son Christopher Robin here, and Arnold Bennett based his novel Hugo on the store.
Images below are excerpts from this very large volume that relate to toys and games. With thanks to the https://archive.org/details/harrods-for-everything-images/mode/2up?view=theater - specifically from page 650: https://archive.org/details/harrods-for-everything-images/page/650/mode/2up?view=theater
Macy's, New York 1905-6 catalogue
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Macy's (originally R. H. Macy & Co.) is an American department store chain founded in 1858 by Rowland Hussey Macy. It has been a sister brand to the Bloomingdale's department store chain since being acquired by holding company Federated Department Stores in 1994, which renamed itself Macy's, Inc. in 2007. It is the largest department store company by retail sales in the United States as of 2015.
Macy's (originally R. H. Macy & Co.) is an American department store chain founded in 1858 by Rowland Hussey Macy. It has been a sister brand to the Bloomingdale's department store chain since being acquired by holding company Federated Department Stores in 1994, which renamed itself Macy's, Inc. in 2007. It is the largest department store company by retail sales in the United States as of 2015.
Images below are excerpts from this catalogue that relate to toys and games. With thanks to: https://archive.org/details/cataloguefallwin00macy/mode/2up?view=theater
from page 319: https://archive.org/details/cataloguefallwin00macy/page/n319/mode/2up?q=shoofly&view=theater
from page 319: https://archive.org/details/cataloguefallwin00macy/page/n319/mode/2up?q=shoofly&view=theater
Sears, Roebuck & Company, Chicago 1902 catalogue
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sears
Sears, Roebuck and Co., commonly known as Sears, is an American chain of department stores founded in 1892 by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck and reincorporated in 1906 by Richard Sears and Julius Rosenwald, with what began as a mail ordering catalog company migrating to opening retail locations in 1925, the first in Chicago. In 2005, the company was bought by the management of the American big box discount chain Kmart, which upon completion of the merger, formed Sears Holdings. Through the 1980s, Sears was the largest retailer in the United States. In 2018, it was the 31st-largest. After several years of declining sales, Sears's parent company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on October 15, 2018. It announced on January 16, 2019, that it had won its bankruptcy auction, and that a reduced number of 425 stores would remain open, including 223 Sears stores.
This catalogue is 112T for Fall 1902
Sears, Roebuck and Co., commonly known as Sears, is an American chain of department stores founded in 1892 by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck and reincorporated in 1906 by Richard Sears and Julius Rosenwald, with what began as a mail ordering catalog company migrating to opening retail locations in 1925, the first in Chicago. In 2005, the company was bought by the management of the American big box discount chain Kmart, which upon completion of the merger, formed Sears Holdings. Through the 1980s, Sears was the largest retailer in the United States. In 2018, it was the 31st-largest. After several years of declining sales, Sears's parent company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on October 15, 2018. It announced on January 16, 2019, that it had won its bankruptcy auction, and that a reduced number of 425 stores would remain open, including 223 Sears stores.
This catalogue is 112T for Fall 1902
Images below are excerpts from this huge mail order catalogue that relate to toys and games. With thanks to: https://archive.org/details/catalogueno11200sear/mode/2up - toys are from page 1125 - https://archive.org/details/catalogueno11200sear/page/1124/mode/2up
