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Test your knowledge with these top questions!
Which Sears Christmas catalog showed Baby Boomer children toys each fall?
Sears printed the Wish Book for decades, and many families used its toy pages as a holiday list.
Which description fit A&P grocery stores for much of the mid-1900s?
At their peak, A&P grocery stores ran thousands of outlets across the United States, far more than any rival.
Which Christmas character debuted in a 1939 Montgomery Ward giveaway booklet?
Copywriter Robert L. May wrote Rudolph for Montgomery Ward shoppers, and the hit song followed a decade later.
In A&P grocery stores, what do the letters A and P stand for?
The initials come from The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, a name meant to suggest coast-to-coast trade.
A&P grocery stores sold which exclusive bakery brand?
Jane Parker was A&P's own bakery label, known for breads and fruitcakes baked for its stores.
Which Chicago skyscraper built for Sears became the tallest building in the world in 1973?
The 110-story tower held the tallest title for 25 years and was renamed Willis Tower in 2009.
Which coffee brand started as the house brand of A&P grocery stores?
A&P sold the beans whole for shoppers to grind fresh in the stores' red coffee grinders.
In 1944, federal troops carried which Montgomery Ward chairman from the Chicago headquarters?
Avery refused a wartime labor order, so the government seized the company and soldiers famously carried him from the building.
Which insurance company started in 1931 as part of retailer Sears?
Sears launched Allstate to sell auto insurance by mail to its large catalog customer base.
Who founded Montgomery Ward in 1872?
Ward was a traveling salesman who started with a one-page catalog sheet offering farmers goods at fixed prices.