Results: Sears catalog
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Leafing through a Sears catalog, circling what you want, may be the brand's biggest gift to our cultural zeitgeist. Did you ever order from the Sears catalog?
Yes
47%
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820 votes
No
41%
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727 votes
Not Applicable
12%
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214 votes
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What Sears catalog facts are you familiar with?
The telephone-book sized anthology of anything you'd ever need or want stands either as a testament to the company's business acumen or our never-ending desire to buy quickly and easily.
25%
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439 votes
The first catalog published in 1888 with watches and jewelry. It expanded to buggies, baby carriages and musical instruments six years later. Then came encyclopedias, washing machines, tools, bean bag chairs, bell bottoms and Nintendos.
14%
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240 votes
The "Big Book" catalog ended in 1993, the company said, but other specialty catalogs remained.
29%
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511 votes
The catalog was the late 1800s version of Amazon, feeding the mail-order merchandise craze and fueling Americans' need for convenient shopping.
18%
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311 votes
na
48%
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852 votes
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Here's a flash back at what was once popular. What Sears merchandise do you remember?
The 'smart economy' dresses and robes - These went for bargain-basement prices in this undated ad pushing the
11%
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192 votes
A stove for under $15 -This 1900 ad entices you with the
7%
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129 votes
Too-long johns - Full-body men's summer underwear must have been all the rage at some point. They sold for cents on the dollar. - A
11%
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191 votes
Hercules Luster Chino - The Hercules Luster Chino existed back when men were men and waistlines were chest high. At just over $3 a pair in 1957, they were also a steal.
6%
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99 votes
na
74%
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1296 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
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26 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 0.16% | 3 | |
| toys | 0.10% | 2 |
| none of the above | 0.05% | 1 |
| we got to order school clothes | 0.05% | 1 |
| chritmas toys | 0.05% | 1 |
| The catalogue also sold kits to build houses. I used to live next to one. | 0.05% | 1 |
| prom dresses, lingerie, furniture, mattresses, appliances, the works | 0.05% | 1 |
| J C Higgins rifles and shotguns, Craftsman tools | 0.05% | 1 |
| Toys! at Christmas!!!! | 0.05% | 1 |
| tools and paint | 0.05% | 1 |
| my family shopped there in the 70s | 0.05% | 1 |
| Houses for $15,000-$17,000!!! | 0.05% | 1 |
| there was a musical instrument I think it was a keyboard I wanted it every year for Christmas it was on my list but I never got it. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Bikes, toys, etc... | 0.05% | 1 |
| The cover above | 0.05% | 1 |
| Matchy-matchy curtains, bedspreads, wallpaper, etc. | 0.05% | 1 |
| wish book toys | 0.05% | 1 |
| toys! | 0.05% | 1 |
| Sears Roebuck houses | 0.05% | 1 |
| They sold nice clothing years ago. | 0.05% | 1 |
| They even sold house! You buy the blueprints and order all the wood. | 0.05% | 1 |
| I live in Kansas and just recently heard that Sears is now closing all their stores country wide. Kmart will stay as they are the affiliation of sears. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Barbie!!!! | 0.05% | 1 |
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