The layout of Amazon's catalog is strikingly similar to the now-discontinued Sears Wish Book, with images of toys and scattered across the page and information about each toy in the fine print ...

The Sears, Roebuck & Co.’s Christmas Catalog was the first indication for Tustin children that Christmas was coming when I was a youngster. We spent hours on the floor or our beds perusing the pages ...

When I heard the news that Sears may finally be going out of business, I had two reactions: 1) You mean it’s still in business? And 2) How are children supposed to learn about the world’s vast array ...

If you want to know what American life was like during the 20th century, there are two essential resources: LIFE magazine and the Sears Roebuck catalog. Google Books put the entire run of LIFE on the ...

As a child I started thinking about what I wanted for Christmas around the Fourth of July. I had reached a certain age where I was old enough for my mother to take me to her friend’s houses when she ...

That’s not a computer. Amazon sent an actual printed holiday catalog in the mail and at least two kids got a kick out of turning the pages. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Forty or so years after I ...