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	Alvah C. Roebuck - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alvah Curtis Roebuck (January 9, 1864 in Lafayette, Indiana – June 18, 1948), was a manager, businessman, and the founder of Sears, Roebuck and Company with his partner Richard Sears.
		Alvah Roebuck began work as a watchmaker in a Hammond, Indiana jewelry store at age 22.
		Alvah Roebuck returned to his desk at company headquarters in Chicago, where he enthusiastically assumed the task of compiling a corporate history until his death on June 18, 1948.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alvah_C._Roebuck (349 words)

	Sears, Roebuck and Company - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Sears, Roebuck and Company is a chain of department stores, founded by Richard Sears and Alvah Roebuck.
		Alvah Roebuck had to resign soon after due to ill-health, but the company still retained his name.
		Sears, Roebuck and Company built the famed Sears Tower, which was completed in 1974.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Sears (1634 words)

	Sears - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Sears, Roebuck and Co. (and other mail-order companies) were the answer to farmers' prayers.
		Roebuck was dropped from the name of the stores, though not from the official corporate name, in the 1970s.
		In the early 1990s, Sears moved its headquarters to the Chicago suburb of Hoffman Estates, and in March 2004 new owners were rumored to be planning a new name for the skyscraper.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Sears_Roebuck (1495 words)

	Alvah C. Roebuck (1864-1948)
		Alvah Curtis Roebuck, co-founder of Sears, Roebuck and Co., was born on January 9, 1864, in Lafayette, Ind.
		It was there that Alvah attended country school, and his mother took over the family farm when her husband died in 1876.
		At an early age, Alvah showed a great interest in mechanical things, and at 16 he was already a self-taught watchmaker.
	www.searsarchives.com /people/alvahroebuck.htm (397 words)

	Sears, Roebuck and Co.
		Sears, Roebuck and Co. has been a dominate force in the retail industry for many years, actually over a century, and has continually shown a dominance in the way that their business is run.
		Gladly, Sears, Roebuck and Co. was able to prevail and once again is starting to show dominance in the retail industry, founded now to be number two in the retail industry.
		Sears hired Roebuck and in 1893 the corporate name of the firm became Sears, Roebuck and Co. Business turned out to be very profitable for the company and in the 1890's the mail order industry for Sears, Roebuck and Co.
	academic.emporia.edu /smithwil/00spmg456/eja/pieschl.html (1601 words)

	Human Environment and Design (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Alvah C. Roebuck, who brought a sampling of his work to prove his worth, answered the ad and the partnership was born.
		Through the years Sears, Roebuck and Co. went through many reorganizations and restructuring, and by 1925 they opened their first retail store under the direction of Robert E. Wood.
		When Arthur C. Martinez took the helms in the mid 90's he took Sears from what it was then to what it is today and still improving.
	www.hed.msu.edu /internationalretailing/company/Sears/index.html (860 words)

	Richard Sears - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Roebuck was not only Sears's first employee, but he later became co-founder of Sears, Roebuck and Company.
		The Sears, Roebuck and Co. was officially formed in 1893, when Sears was 30 years old.
		A few years, later, when Roebuck left the growing company, Sears went on with another new business partner, clothier Julius Rosenwald, who became president of the business in 1908 upon Sears' retirement at age 45.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Richard_Sears (670 words)

	When did Alvah Roebuck leave Sears, Roebuck and Co.?
		Alvah C. Roebuck asked Richard W. Sears to buy out his interest in the company in 1895.
		Roebuck later returned to Sears in 1933 and worked for wages until 1940.
		Roebuck passed away June 18, 1948, never publicly regretting the fortune he missed by not staying with Sears, Roebuck and Co.
	www.searsarchives.com /people/questions/roebuckleave.htm (151 words)

	Sears, Roebuck and Company - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sears, Roebuck and Company is an American mid-range chain of international department stores, founded by Richard Sears and Alvah Roebuck in the late 19th century.
		Alvah Roebuck returned to the organization during the Great Depression, and worked as a spokesperson until his death some years later.
		Part of the reason Roebuck left Sears in 1895 was due to the stress the business placed upon him, and he later took some delight in pointing out his longevity versus the much shorter life of Richard Sears.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sears_Essentials (1766 words)

	Sears and Roebuck
		After some time working together, they decided to start a company by the name of Sears, Roebuck and Co. It was not until 1896 that Ward experienced his first serious competition, Sears, Roebuck and Co., which managed to surpass Ward's business in 1900.
		Roebuck eventually partnered with Sears to form the foundation of Sears, Roebuck and Co. Copyright © Sears, Roebuck and Co. All rights reserved. Contact Sears Archives. Updated: Sep 27, 2004...
		Memorabilia related to Sears and Roebuck is at auction on eBay.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h1831.html (361 words)

	Sears, Roebuck & Co.
		The business that would become Chicago's leading company and America's leading retailer for much of the twentieth century was founded in 1893 by Richard W. Sears.
		In 1887, Sears moved his watch-selling business from Minneapolis to Chicago and hired watchmaker Alvah C. Roebuck to assist him.
		While Roebuck's name would remain with the company for decades, ill health forced his retirement around the turn of the century.
	www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org /pages/2840.html (713 words)

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		Alvah C. Roebuck answered the Sears' ad for an experienced watchmaker.
		It was not long until everyone was buying their supplies from Sears, Roebuck and Co. The company made a very large profit.
		In 1980, Sears, Roebuck and Co. announced the formation of a corporate office and plans for major restructuring.
	academic.emporia.edu /smithwil/00spmg456/eja/huffman.html (1453 words)

	Sears, Roebuck and Company Precancels
		The familiar SRC-dated overprints were made by Sears, Roebuck, and Co., one of the most prolific users of precanceled stamps.
		Richard W Sears and Alvah C. Roebuck first got together in Chicago in 1887.
		They published their first mail-order catalog as "Sears, Roebuck and Company" in 1893.
	www.precancels.com /US/srcbasics.htm (511 words)

	Acacia Park Cemetery and Mausoleum: Alvah Roebuck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		One of these is that of Sarah and Alvah Roebuck.
		Alvah Roebuck was the partner of Richard Warren Sears in
		After a period of semi-retirement, he returned to Sears, Roebuck and Company, compiling a history of the company, until his death in 1948.
	www.graveyards.com /IL/Cook/acacia/roebuck.html (96 words)

	Sears, Roebuck and Co. 1920 - Gold Bond
		Description: Beautifully engraved RARE SPECIMEN certificate from the Sears, Roebuck and Co. This historic document was printed by the American Banknote Company in 1920 and has an ornate border around it with a vignette of a Sears building.
		This item is over 82 years old and the first time we have seen one.
		Certificate Vignette Sears, Roebuck and Co. is a broadline retailer with significant service and credit businesses.
	www.antiqnet.com /detail,sears-roebuck-1920,342780.html (593 words)

	Steep slide of a retail giant \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		For years, the Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalog symbolized its dominance in the American retail marketplace.
		CHICAGO – Sears, Roebuck and Co. was once on top of the world, reveling in the popularity of its "big book" catalog from company headquarters in the world's tallest building.
		But the last catalog went out in 1993, and the once-mighty Sears Tower was sold and has been passed by taller buildings, while its namesake company now operates from the Chicago suburbs.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20041118/news_1b18history.html (769 words)

	Sears Motor Buggy
		After his father's death and at the age of 17, Sears went to work for the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway as a station agent.
		Within a year, he hired Alvah C. Roebuck as a watch repairman and moved his business to Chicago.
		Sears eventually sold this business but in 1893 went into partnership with Roebuck and the mail-order business Sears, Roebuck and Company was formed.
	local.aaca.org /bntc/kidskorner/picturepgs/sears.htm (260 words)

	Welcome to InstallSears.com
		In 1893 the corporate name of the firm became Sears, Roebuck and Co. In 1905, needing additional capital, Sears for the first time sold common and preferred stock on the open market.
		Sears, Roebuck and Company decided that it needed to find an improved business platform to better meet the demands for installed home improvements.
		Spray-Tech, Inc. did such an outstanding job for Sears that it won a number of awards from Sears: Crystal Eagle Award for Quality Every Day for three consecutive years; Partners in Progress Awards in 1994, 1995, and 1996, which is only given to 1% of Sears' 10,000 licensees vendors.
	www.installsears.com /History.htm (406 words)

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		He is the Roebuck in Sears, Roebuck and Company, which lead to modern-day Sears, the huge retail business.
		Roebuck's name does not appear in my copy American Heritage Encyclopedia, unlike his partner, Richard W. Sears, who is considered the father of the mail order business.
		Alvah C. Roebuck is another oversight in the annals of American history.
	www.thedish.org /TheDISHv2no44.htm (1917 words)

	Macomb Daily : A brief look at Sears, Roebuck history 11/18/04
		In 1893, a former railroad station agent and a watchmaker decided they could sell products to rural areas by mail order for prices lower than those found at the general store.
		The result was Sears, Roebuck and Co., a catalog company that grew into the world's largest retailer before losing the title in recent years.
		Richard W. Sears, who quit his railroad job to start a watch company, met Alvah C. Roebuck in 1887 when he responded to Sears' newspaper ad seeking a watchmaker.
	www.macombdaily.com /stories/111804/sta_merger2001.shtml (333 words)

	11/29/2004 - Remembering Sears And Kmart - Memories - Chattanoogan.com
		The next year, Alvah C. Roebuck responded to Sears’ ad for a watch repairman.
		Sears, Roebuck and Co.’s first retail outlet in Chattanooga opened in 1927 at the corner of Sixth and Broad streets.
		On both horizontal and vertical signage, the company’s full name, “Sears, Roebuck and Co.” was proclaimed — note that the much-shorter “Sears” is a marketing name.
	www.chattanoogan.com /articles/article_59229.asp (1022 words)

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		Also in 1995, Sears, Roebuck and Co. moved its corporate headquarters from the Sears Tower to its current location, Hoffman Estates.
		Current Operations Sears, Roebuck and Co.’s current CEO, Arthur Martinez, is credited with much of the company’s turnaround in revenues.
		Core Businesses Sears, Roebuck and Co. is a leading North American retailer of apparel, home and automotive products, and services.
	www.uic.edu /classes/ba/ba200w/wang/Sears.doc (1361 words)

	Richard Warren Sears — Infoplease.com
		He had a keen eye for opportunity, and when a shipment of watches was refused, he bought them up and sold them through the mail to other station agents.
		His considerable profit led him to found the R. Sears Watch Company in 1886, for which he hired Alvah C. Roebuck, a watch repairman.
		Roebuck sold his stake in 1895, and Sears stayed on as president until 1909 when he quit in a dispute over the advertising budget.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0772557.html (430 words)

	Roebuck, Alvah Curtis - Historic Clock and Watch Research (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Alvah Curtis Roebuck, a Native American, was hired by Richard Warren Sears in 1887 as a watch repairman; thereby establishing one of the worlds most famous stores: Sears, Roebuck and Company.
		Roebuck was hired by Sears as a watch repair man. As time evolved, Roebuck became a partner in the company, but later sold his shares to Sears for a tidy profit.
		However, the tidy profit he sold his shares for was a pittance compared to what his shares would be worth today if he'd kept them.
	www.clockswatches.com.cob-web.org:8888 /papers/roebuckac.htm (438 words)

	Sears Debuts Jewelry Catalog
		Some of us, to our vexation and bewilderment, have produced them: e-mail marketing newsletters that fail to keep recipients opening and clicking over time.
		Sears Roebuck and Co. has launched a Fine Jewelry catalog and will mail "millions" of copies this fall, capitalizing on one of the firm’s biggest selling products.
		Roebuck first teamed up in 1888 to sell watches and jewelry.
	directmag.com /news/marketing_sears_debuts_jewelry/index.html (343 words)

	Sears Roebuck and Their Machines (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The situation is further confused in that retailers might switch makers at the end of a contract period and the same name would then appear on a completely different machine by another manufacturer.
		Owing to the fact that Sears Roebuck was a mail order company, the overhead costs were comparatively low.
		It is during this time period that we have many of the Minnesota brand machines including the Models A, B, C, D, and K to name a few.
	www.ismacs.net.cob-web.org:8888 /sears/sears.html (2677 words)

	Sears, Roebuck and Co. - Specimen Gold Bond - 1920
		This historic document was printed by the American Banknote Company in 1920 and has an ornate border around it with a vignette of a Sears building.
		Sears, Roebuck and Co. is a broadline retailer with significant service and credit businesses.
		If you are publishing a book for educational purposes or with the press, please contact us directly at 703-787-3552 for use of our content.
	www.scripophily.net /searroebandc2.html (918 words)

	History Lesson
		Sears and Roebuck needed a printer who could handle the volume, quality and ability to produce such a large order.
		Although Roebuck decided to seek a quieter life, Sears had no intention of doing any such thing.
		One year the Sears Roebuck Company was reported to have sold more than 100,000 bicycles to the American consumer.
	www.hhs59.com /sears.htm (1521 words)

	Guide to Motion Picture Catalogs - The Edison Papers
		After Alvah C. Roebuck left Sears, Roebuck and Company, he incorporated the Enterprise Optical Company in 1901.
		As an outgrowth of this business Aiken and Roebuck started several film exchanges with Samuel S. Hutchinson, including the Theater Film Service, incorporated January 1907.
		The Chicago Projecting Company, a partnership owned by Edward D. Otis and N. Kent, was of sufficient prominence to be sued by Edison.
	edison.rutgers.edu /mopix/ncklodn.htm (1345 words)

	OPTIGRAPH Movie Projector, Vitascope, Cinematographe, Latham, Lumiere, Alvah C. Roebusk, Optigraph, Armat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Between 1896 and 1898 Alvah C. Roebuck (1864-1948) invented the Optigraph and sold it thru the Sears Roebuck and Company catalog.
		The Optigraph name soon was left behind and the company he founded is still in business, Mutiograph.
		In 1898 Armat used a pin and star wheel intermittent which was adopted by all makes and is still used today.
	www.momph.com /optigraph_movie_projector.htm (275 words)

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