American Experience
Season 2 Episode 7 - Mr. Sears' Catalogue
6.9 ?
1988
Documentary
They started selling watches. Then Richard Sears and Alva Curtis Roebuck started a revolution -- a "wish book" that made life on the farm a little easier and put consumer goods within reach of every American. A story of entrepreneurial triumph as well as an affectionate portrait of America from the 1890s through the 1920s.
Episodes in Season 2
1
The Great Air Race of 1924
55 min
2
Demon Rum
55 min
3
A Family Gathering
55 min
4
The Great War: 1918
55 min
5
Wildcatter: A Story of Texas Oil
55 min
6
Forever Baseball
55 min
7
Mr. Sears' Catalogue
55 min
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Yosemite: The Fate of Heaven
55 min
9
Adam Clayton Powell
55 min
10
Journey to America
55 min
11
Ballad of a Mountain Man
55 min
12
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
55 min
13
Orphans of the Storm
55 min
14
Forbidden City, USA
55 min
15
Battle for Wilderness
55 min
16
Roots of Resistance: The Story of the Underground Railroad
55 min
