Articles from The Sears & Roebuck Catalog
A printable selection of the detachable shirt collars
(of both the cotton and rubber varities) available to both men and boys from the 1919 Sears & Roebuck catalog, no. 138.
Men’s Detachable Shirt Collars (Sears and Roebuck Catalog, 1919) Read More »
The inability of the Sears & Roebuck Company to understand the nature of early aviation was made manifest by the fact that the first pilots used to wear horse-back riding clothes before taking to the skies.
Attached, you will find two pages from the Sears Military Equipment Catalog of 1918, pictured are flight-clothing items offered for military or private purchase.
Flight Clothing for Aviators (Sears and Roebuck, 1918) Read More »
This illustration depicts the U.S. Army olive drab flannel pull-over shirt that was first issued to U.S. enlisted men in 1912. This pull-over shirt was was produced for the Army up until 1934, when the full button-front shirt was issued.
The Shirt (Sears and Roebuck, 1918) Read More »
A smattering of tennis shoes from the Sears Catalog of 1919.
Tennis Shoes (Sears and Roebuck, 1919) Read More »
Two pages from the Sears Military Equipment catalog of 1918; these were flight-clothing items offered for military or private purchase during a time when aviation was oddly saturated with equestrian pretensions.
Clothing for Aviators (Sears and Roebuck, 1918) Read More »
Strikingly similar to the American Army officer’s 1912 great coat, Sears manufactured this cotton khaki trench coat in the same olive drab shade as the enlisted man’s slicker.
Trench Coat by Sears (Sears and Roebuck Catalog, 1918) Read More »
