Imaging recource: A look inside a 60 year old Sears Photography Catalog shows GAS isn’t anything new

Long before the days of the internet, let alone Amazon, one of the most effective ways to shop without leaving your home was through mail order catalogs, an idea thrusted into mailboxes across the globe by two men, by Richard Sears and Alvah Roebuck. Together, these two men created the most successful and ubiquitous mail order catalog to ever exist, the Sears, Roebuck and Company catalog. Over the course of its existence, which began in 1888, the catalog took many forms, with Sears, Roebuck and Company releasing numerous versions, specialized for target...
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