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Jan. 25th, 2011 01:31 am1993 Sears announces it is closing its catalog sales department after 97 years
It is hard perhaps for the latest generation to truly understand the Sears catalog. At one point it could be used for buying anything up to and including the kitchen sink..as well as a house for the kitchen. And people used them for generations to dream of a better lifestyle.
It also served as a model the Whole Earth Catalog which became a lifestyle in and of itself in the pre internet days.
It is hard perhaps for the latest generation to truly understand the Sears catalog. At one point it could be used for buying anything up to and including the kitchen sink..as well as a house for the kitchen. And people used them for generations to dream of a better lifestyle.
It also served as a model the Whole Earth Catalog which became a lifestyle in and of itself in the pre internet days.
