As Our Dream Changed: The Importance of the Sears & Roebuck Catalog

As Our Dream Changed: The Importance of the Sears & Roebuck Catalog

Someone once said, “If you want a study in American History, read the Sears & Roebuck Catalog.”

• This traveling trunk is a collection of artifacts, activities, and a video that will provide insight into the revolutionary effect catalog and mail order sales had on rural American lives.
• The trunk provides a preliminary study of consumerism and innovations in shopping and business practices since 1888.