Historical Perspective: Cataloging’s Early Years
A former graphic artist at Sears recalls what life was like.
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I pestered him with my sketches of catalog items, and eventually was hired as an apprentice. Jobs were hard to get and didnot pay much at Sears, but it was a start.
Bill Eckels (“Eck”) probably was the best layout artist Sears had at the time. He taught me to draw trees (“You can see through them, but the leaves in the middle should be in shadow to help develop the tree’s rounded shape,” he once said).
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