The audio version of this Pinch of the Past was first shared in Episode 35: Guest Elizabeth Musser & a Review of Lost in Darkness by Michelle Griep
“Sears, Roebuck and Company is a retail giant with 19th-century roots as a mail-order business operating in rural America. Sears grew into one of the nation’s largest corporations, redefining the American shopping experience in the process. Its 130-year history embodies the rise and fall of American consumer culture” from the History Channel article SEARS
