Sears

Sears is one of the most famous mail order and retail houses for consumer goods in the world. It was founded by Richard W. Sears in 1886, starting as a reseller of watches in North Redwood, Minnesota.

Like other great mail-order houses Sears had a house-brand for cameras, the Tower cameras which were all OEM products, made by different renowned camera makers of several countries. Some cameras were sold branded Sears, and a few under their original manufacturers.

Sears SLR lenses were mostly, but not all, made by Ricoh.

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