Mr. Sears' catalogue [videorecording] / written and produced by Edward Gray and Mark Obenhaus ; directed by Edward Gray and Ken Levis ; co-producer, Elizabeth Kreutz ; an Obenhaus Films, Inc. production for The American Experience.
Format:
[videorecording] /
Publisher:
PBS Video distributor, PBS Video distributor,
Copyright Date:
1989, 1998?
Description:
1 videocassette (58 min.) : sd., b&w with col. sequences. ; 1/2 in.
"WGBH Educational Foundation and WNET/Thirteen [copyright] 1989." Series host, David McCullough; interviews with: James C. Worthy, Annette Atkins, Harry Crews, Wayne E. Fuller, Gilbert C. Fite, Bob L. Lee, Lilly Wingfield, Joan Severa, Frank F. Winters. Originally broadcast on the PBS television series The American experience with David McCullough in 1989.
Summary:
Using archival film and photographs and interviews with historians, writers, customers and former employees, this film explores how the Sears catalogue, giving readers a sense of urban life and a vision of middle class splendors, reflected the changes of the time and became a symbol for the national ambitions and dreams of a sprawling country. Contains biographical information on Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck.
Series:
PBS Video database of America's history & culture ; v.18 American history video library ; v. 18
OCLC:
(OCoLC)42365020
Locations:
F3OX522 -- State Historical Society of Iowa Library (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.