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Title:

Mr. Sears' catalogue videorecording / presented by WGBH/Boston ; WNET/New York ; KCET/Los Angeles ; Obenhaus Films, Inc. ; written and produced by Edward Gray, Mark Obenhaus ; directed by Edward Gray, Ken Levis ; executive producer, Judy Crichton.

Format:

videorecording /

Publisher:

PBS Video distributor,

Copyright Date:

c1989

Description:

1 videocassette (59 min.) : sd., b&w with col. sequences. ; 1/2 in.

Subject:

Roebuck, Alvah Curtis,--1864-1948.
Sears, Richard Warren,--1863-1914.
Sears, Roebuck and Company--History.
Mail-order business.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

Crichton, Judy.
McCullough, David G.
Obenhaus, Mark.
KCET (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.)
Obenhaus Films (New York, N.Y.)
PBS Video.
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)

Other Titles:

American experience (Television program)

Notes:

"AMEX207." Closed captioned for the hearing impaired. Originally broadcast on PBS as part of The American experience. Host, David McCullough ; narrator, Mark Obenhaus.

Summary:

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.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)25263990
(OCoLC)21982513

Locations:

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

UPAX334 -- Upper Iowa University - Henderson-Wilder Library (Fayette)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)