Historic Sears, Roebuck and Co. Catalog Plant (IL) (Images of America)

I grew up blocks away from Sears. It was a place to hang out when we were kids.The park was beautiful & the store was fun. I loved studying the history & howeverything got started, I had forgotten that it had its own railroad, that dropped offgoods directly at the complex. As a child, I remember thinking how huge the wholecomplex was. Blocks & blocks long. As an adult now, its remarkable to think of allthe generations of people that worked there.

Very interesting book on the history of Sears and its headquarters in west Chicago. Pictures of the buildings, grounds and neighborhood was very informative.

Having returned from a recent trip to Chicago and seeing the remnants of the old Sears West Side Catalog Plant while there, this book gave me in depth information about this amazing complex of buildings that went up in 1906. Great book with great archival pictures.

very informative about the times.

I suppose if you lived in Chicago this book would have been more interesting.

This is an interesting book about the history of Sears Roebuck and has some interesting pictures in it. Some of the information interesting information that is mentioned in this book includes the following information: Richard Sears founded Sears. Radio station WLS was founded in 1924. The call letters of WLS stand for World's Largest Store. Sears' first retail outlet was in 1929. Allstate Insurance was started in 1931. In 1931, Sears' first retail sales surpassed that of its mail order business. Sears became the first retail chain to set aside free parking next to its stores. Chicago's population grew from about 300,000 in 1871 to about 1.7 million by 1900.