Sears, Roebuck and Co.

USA^{no source}

Plants it ran, and the brands built there

Sears, Roebuck and Co. ran 1 plant on record. The brands below were built at those plants, whoever owned the name.

Plant	Ran it	Brands built there
Harmony Chicago factory (address unverified) Chicago, IL, USA^[1]	1916–1940^[2]	Harmony Harmony Chicago · 1892–1975^[2]

Brands controlled

Years	Brand	How	Source
1916–1940	Harmony	owns	secondary^{[3, 4, 5]}

Eras as owner

1 era under this owner. One owner can span several plants, so “owned by Sears, Roebuck and Co.” is not one thing either.

Years	Line	Plant
1916–1940^{[3, 4, 5, 2]}	Harmony Chicago	Harmony Chicago factory (address unverified)

Sources

Every numbered marker on this page points here: the document, its grade and the passages relied on. An era is computed, so it cites the facts it was derived from. A fact marked “no source” has no claim attached yet.

1
The Harmony Company, est. 1892graded secondary
- 4600 S. Kolin Ave.Harmony Chicago factory (address unverified), location
2
Harmony history threadgraded community
- "Between 1945 and 1975, the Chicago firm mass-produced about ten million guitars… peaked in 1964-1965, selling 350,000"Ran Harmony Chicago factory (address unverified), 1916–1940
3
A brief history of Harmony guitarsgraded secondary
- "In 1916, Sears purchased the Harmony Guitars brand"Harmony, owns, 1916–1940
4
Department Store Guitar History: The Long Shadow of the Sears Harmonygraded community
- Sears-Roebuck acquired the guitar maker ostensibly to take control of the ukulele market.Harmony, owns, 1916–1940
5
Melody Instrument Companygraded community
- The Harmony Musical Instrument Company was purchased by Sears, Roebuck & Co in 1916Harmony, owns, 1916–1940

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