Sears, Roebuck & Co.

They were Amazon and Walmart combined—the one place to shop for Americans who needed everything: clothes, furniture, tools, jewellery, musical instruments, books, and more! Imagine it's the end of the nineteenth century, and, with one catalogue, you can buy everything from beds and tools to clothing and opium. (Yes, opium.) Not to mention ear trumpets, horse buggies, and Bibles. For...