Historic Sears, Roebuck and Co. Catalog Plant

by John Oharenko and Homan Arthington Foundation

Book Overview

Located on the site of the original Sears Tower, the historic Sears, Roebuck and Company catalog plant is one of the nation's most unique landmarks. Representing American ingenuity at its best, Richard Sears and Julius Rosenwald combined technology, commerce, and social science with bricks and mortar to build "the World's Largest Store" on Chicago's West Side. Completed in 1906, the plant housed nearly every conceivable product of the time: clothing,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738539775
• ISBN13: 9780738539775
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.9" x 9.4"