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"Consumer's Guide"
The Sears, Roebuck and Company catalog dates back to 1888, when Richard Sears first used a mailer to sell watches and jewelry. The U.S. Post Office provided a boon to the mail order business by allowing mail order publications to be classified as [...]
Item Type: Advertisement
Historical Era: Industrialization and Expansion (1877-1913)
Fruit Plantations Advertise for Japanese Workers
Sugar growers made a deal with the Japanese government in 1884 that allowed thousands of Japanese to immigrate to the Hawaiian islands to work on plantations. Western growers were also eager to tap into this new, un-unionized and cheap labor source. [...]
Tags: Japanese Immigration
Item Type: Advertisement
Historical Era: Industrialization and Expansion (1877-1913)