There was a time when Sears was not just a store. It was closer to a household utility, something that sat in kitchens, barns, workshops, and outhouses across America. Long before online shopping trained people to expect almost anything at the front door, Sears had already built a version of that world on paper. Chances…
The CIA paid Vietnam War spies…
The CIA paid Vietnam War spies by ordering them items from the Sears catalog because the spies operated in areas that had a barter economy and didn’t rely on cash.
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Early Sears catalogs were made…
Early Sears catalogs were made smaller than Montgomery Ward catalogs so that neatnik housewives would stack them on top.
Sears once sold on mail…
Sears once sold on mail order an entire house as a giant DIY kit. There were over 370 home designs, and the house had over 30,000 parts worth 25 tons. Sears claimed a man of “average” abilities could assemble it in 90 days. 00
In the ’60s, the C.I.A. paid Vietnamese spies with merchandise…
In the ’60s, the C.I.A. paid Vietnamese spies with merchandise from mail-order Sears catalogs, since they had little use for paper money