Overview
In an age before online commerce and Amazon, the catalog was king – and two Chicago mail order giants were responsible for making goods and services accessible to the masses. Chicago Stories traces the histories of Sears, Roebuck and Montgomery Ward and the rivalry between the two bold innovators who founded them and forever changed the way we shop. Audio-narrated descriptions are available.
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Becoming a Rose
Soldiers
The Boss and the Bulldozer
House Music: A Cultural Revolution
For Those That Lived There
Share the Care
When the West Side Burned
Fired-Up! “Public Housing is My Home”
Chicago in the Spotlight: A Retrospective with the Cast and Crew
Nine Miles West
Crust Fund Pizza: The Motion Picture
The Cliff Dwellers of America
Some Day We’ll All Be Free: A Celebration of the American Dream
The Ladies Man
Do You Wanna Dance?
Prom King
Sam Wants Her Sweater Back
Blowfish
All the Broken Flowers
My Christmas Valentine: I Forgot Christmas!