Sears catalog
Wishbook from Chicago
The Sears catalog was a mail-order publication from the American retailer Sears, Roebuck and Company, running from 1888 to 1993.
At its peak, the catalog offered nearly everything a household could need—clothing, tools, appliances, even prefabricated houses.
Before indoor plumbing, outdated editions famously served as toilet paper in outhouses.
The catalog democratized consumer goods for rural Americans who lacked access to department stores, and it remains a nostalgic symbol of 20th-century American life.
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