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mediaedge/114398/>. From owning Abraham & Strauss in 1929, Federated owns over 400 department stores. "The Historic National Road." Saturday Evening Post. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Feb. 2013. <http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2010/07/26/health-and-family/travel/hitroad.html/attachment/illustration_0710_history_highway>. This is an image of the first federal-funded road built in 1806. "Horse-drawn buggy." Zorger. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Jan. 2013. <http://publicdomain.zorger.com/samantha-at-the-worlds-fair/horse-drawn-wagon-full-of-suppliesboxes-of-bibles-missionary-pen-ink-drawing.php>. This is an image of a typical horsedrawn buggy used as a mode of transportation in the 19th century. "Housewife." Retro Housewife. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Feb. 2013. <http://www.retrohousewife.com/1970-shopping.html>. An image of a housewife in the 1970's ordering from the Sears Catalog,. "Interior of a Moundville, Alabama general store, 1936." General Store. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Feb. 2013. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_store>. This is an image of a town store where people would come far distances to purchase all of their needs. "Julius Rosenwald." Chicago Tribute. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Jan. 2013. <http://www.chicagotribute.org/Markers/Rosenwald.htm>. This is a picture of Julius Rosenwald, a partner in Sear, Roebuck & Company. "Map of National Road." The Saturday Evening Post. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Jan. 2013. <http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2010/07/26/health-and-family/travel/hitroad.html/attachment/illustration_0710_history_highway>. This image shows a map of the National Road that stretched from Delaware to Illinois.

"Migration." Julie K. Rose. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Jan. 2013. <http://juliekrose.blogspot.com/2012/02/world-of-oleanna-19th-centurynorwegian.html>. This is an image of settlers migrating to the West. "Model T Ford." How Stuff Works. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Feb. 2013. <http://auto.howstuffworks.com/1908-1927-ford-model-t.htm>. This image is of a 1908 Model T Ford that was mass produced making it affordable for all to have a new way of transportation. "Montgomery Ward, The Word's First Mail Order Business." Illinois Periodicals Online. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Feb. 2013. <http://www.lib.niu.edu/2000/ihy000441.html>. Image of Aaron Montgomery Ward, the President of the mail-order house known as Montgomery Ward. "Peddlar." Fine Art America. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Jan. 2013. <http://fineartamerica.com/featured/1-peddler-19th-century-granger.html>. This is a picture of a peddler selling his goods on his backs in 19th Century America. "Robert E. Wood." Britannica. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Feb. 2013. <http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/647383/Robert-E-Wood>. Photo of a Sears Executive who came to be known as The Father of Sears Expansion. "Robert Fulton's Steamboat." The North River Steam Ship, Clermont, 200 years old 1807-2007. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Feb. 2013. <http://www.kiac-usa.com/clermont.html>. This is an image of the first Steamboat. "Rural Free Delivery." Gering Citizen. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Jan. 2013. <http://www.geringcitizen.com/articles.php?ID=2493&Title=Across%20the%20Fence:% 20%20Rural%20free%20delivery+%5Bpublished+2013-02-

07%5D&Member_ID=&l=&First_Name=&Last_Name=>. This is an image of a horse and buggy delivering mail to rural areas. "R.W. Sears." Wikipedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Jan. 2013. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Warren_Sears>. This is a picture of R.W. Sears, the founder of Sears, Roebuck Company. "The Sears, Roebuck and Co. Complex, North Lawndale." Blueprint: Chicago. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Feb. 2013. <http://www.blueprintchicago.org/2012/01/23/the-sears-roebuck-cocomplex-north-lawndale/>. This is an image of the state-of-the-art mail-house facility opened in Chicago by Sears in 1906. "Thomas Edison's lightbulb." Inventors. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Jan. 2013. <http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bledison.htm>. This is an image of the light bulb invented by Thomas Edison in 1879. "Transcontinental Railroad." Funcheap. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Jan. 2013. <http://sf.funcheap.com/historian-talks-transcontinental-railroadspresidio/transcontinental-railroad/>. This is a picture of men who helped build the transcontinental railroad. "Typewriter." American Diplomacy. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Jan. 2013. <http://www.unc.edu/depts/diplomat/AD_Issues/amdipl_5/mattox_type.html>. This is an picture of one of the earliest typewriters. "Walmart Store 1 in Rogers, Arkansas." Walmart. Walmart Corporate, n.d. Web. 11 Feb. 2013. <http://corporate.walmart.com/our-story/heritage/history-timeline>. This is an image of one of the first discount stores that opened who competed heavily against Sears.