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General View of Sears, Roebuck and Co.,'s Plant

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Stock #:658871
Type: Postcard
Era: Divided Back
City: Chicago
State: Illinois (IL)
County: Cook
Postmark: 1920 Jul-4
Postmark City: Springfield
Postmark State: IL
Stamp: 1c
Size: 3.25" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

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Showing athletic field, sunken gardens, and tennis courts. This plant occupies a ground area of 50 acres, with floor space of 92 acres. The group from left to right in the foreground consists of the Printing Building, Administration Building, Merchandise Building, Grocery Building, and Manufacturing Building. In the rear are the Wallpaper and Paint Factories. Sears, Roebuck and Co. supplies the wants of 6,000,000 homes, or one-quarter of all the families in the United States.

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