Sears' mail-order catalogs from the 1950s and 1960s offered dogs, ponies, monkeys, and other animals for purchase. Rating: ...

Chabot can look at contemporary photos from Google Maps or real estate listings, compare them with pictures from old Sears ...

Beginning in the late 1800s, retailers such as Sears, Roebuck and Co. sent out fat catalogs filled with everything from sewing machines and saddles to bicycles and baby buggies for sale.

we ordered it from the Sears catalog,’” Chabot said. “I was intrigued by the concept of people picking out a house from a catalog,” she said. “I love finding these houses and learning ...