Sears, Roebuck, And Company - View this location on map Constructed in 1905-06, this complex has been symbolic of the company's dominance of the mail order industry. Founded in 1893, Sears, Roebuck and Company was the country's largest mail order concern by 1900. The complex contains the printing plant that for many years produced the Sears Catalog, the company's principal selling instrument. 925 S. Homan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois Historical

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