Books have been replaced with virtual sources that are more immediately available. But what have we lost in the exchange?

Mail-Order Homes Used To Be All The Rage, Like This One From 1919 In Wheatland Mail-order homes, also called kit houses, were all the rage in the early 1900s as people moved West. In Wyoming, Aladdin ...

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On view in nearby display cases are samples of Chicago’s early mail-order catalogs, which showcase the city’s rich history in manufacturing and retail.

From 1908 to 1940, Sears, Roebuck and Co. sold kit homes through a mail-order catalog. Cincinnati reportedly has more Sears homes than anywhere else.

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“Dear Community: Mail, Correspondence and Postal Activism in LGBTQ History” is on display now. The exhibit incorporates love letters, personal ads, mail order catalogs and reader-written ...

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As a result, I’ve always thought of catalogs as inherently American, a notion that Robin Cherry, author of Catalog: The Illustrated History of Mail-Order Shopping, confirms.

By that time, the mail-order operation branched out from watches. Sales reached $750,000, and Sears' iconic catalog ballooned to 532 pages.