The girls' cafeteria, Sears, Roebuck & Co., Chicago, Ill., 1906

Containers:
Box 3, Image RL.11785-P-0499
Physical description:
17 3/4 x 9 cm; lithograph; card mount
Scope and content:

Black-and-white printed stereocard of several hundred women workers in a large dining room. Alternate title of card found in 1908 Sears Catalog: "Girls at lunch in cafeteria."

Biographical / historical:
This stereocard was part of a 50-card series advertising the new Sears Roebuck Co. headquarters in Chiago. The set was created sometime in late 1906, after the new headquarters opened, and was advertised for the first time in catalog 118 in 1908. [Source: Made in Chicago Museum blog post, by Andrew Clayman, 2022, viewed December 5, 2022] https://www.madeinchicagomuseum.com/single-post/sears-roebuck/

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