As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, WTOP presents “ 250 Years of America ,” a multipart series examining the ...

The city of Hackensack has reached a settlement agreement in its dispute with the parent company of Sears concerning redevelopment of the retailer’s historic building on Main Street. Under the ...

Long before Amazon and internet shopping, you could buy almost anything from a mail-order catalog. Clothing, furniture, jewelry, toys, plant seeds. Even homes. From 1908 to 1940, customers could pick ...

A Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalog sits Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, at the Farm at Prophetstown in Prophetstown State Park outside of West Lafayette, Ind. The farm has two museum homes, one being a ...

This Tuesday, March 28th, the Landmarks Preservation Commission will host another public hearing on landmarking the Sears, Roebuck, and Co. Building at 2307 Beverly Road in Flatbush. The first hearing ...

Long before Amazon and internet shopping, you could buy almost anything from a mail-order catalog. Clothing, furniture, jewelry, toys, plant seeds. Even homes. From 1908 to 1940, customers could pick ...

FALL RIVER — Before there was Amazon Prime, there was the Sears, Roebuck & Co. Catalog. The retail giant's catalog, printed from 1892 to 1993, featured any product an American consumer could ever need ...

Richard Sears, who was born into a wealthy Minnesota family that lost its fortune in a speculative stock deal, was working as a station agent in 1866 when he began selling watches in a side business ...

For nearly 100 years Sears, Roebuck & Co. was America’s greatest retailer and consumers loved them. Hard to believe today? Well here’s a bit from a 1949 song by Ray Gilbert, William Okie, and Al ...