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Years active. 1891–1948. Known for. Co-founder Sears, Roebuck & Co. Spouse. Sarah Blanche Lett. Children. 3 (2 sons, 1 daughter) Alvah Curtis Roebuck (January 9, 1864 – June 18, 1948) was an American retail businessman, who was one of the co-founders of department store Sears, Roebuck and Company with his partner Richard Warren Sears .
Mar 28, 2013 · Was Roebuck was black? At one of my classes a few weeks ago, while discussing the black experience in America, the instructor mentioned that "Roebuck (of sears Roebuck) was black." One student in the class said "That's right;" most of the responses ranged from thoughtful "Huh!" expressions to disbelief that they had never known this.
- Kenneth Howard Smith
Oct 20, 2015 · Rosenwald’s company provided men’s clothing to the company owned by Richard Sears and Alvah Roebuck. When Roebuck stepped away from the business, he gave his portion of the business to Sears who then partnered with Aaron Nasbaum, Rosenwald’s brother-in-law.
Alvah Curtis Roebuck, co-founder of Sears, Roebuck and Co., was born on January 9, 1864, in Lafayette, Ind., of English parentage. When Alvah was three years old, his family moved to a farm about five miles outside of Lafayette. It was there that Alvah attended country school, and his mother took over the family farm when her husband died in 1876.
Other articles where Alvah C. Roebuck is discussed: Richard W. Sears: …a year he had hired Alvah C. Roebuck as a watch repairman and moved his business to Chicago. In 1887 Sears published a mail-order catalog offering watches, diamonds, and jewelry, all with a money-back guarantee. Two years later he sold his business for $100,000 and moved to Iowa, intending to…
Mar 25, 2018 · Alvah Curtis Roebuck. Richard Sears, although a brilliant marketing genius, was a dismally disorganized businessman whose scintillating catalog copy was often so effective that it produced orders too massive to be filled. When 5,000 requests poured in for a cheap men’s suit, the swamped Sears searched for a manufacturer of cheap suits.
Oct 31, 2018 · The October 2018 announcement that Sears – founded in 1893 by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck – filed for bankruptcy did not come as a surprise.
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