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re: Malls closing and turning into Amazon distribution centers
Posted on 1/10/24 at 6:22 pm to elprez00
Posted on 1/10/24 at 6:22 pm to elprez00
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Sears was the Amazon of the early 20th century.
They had some surprising shipping speeds back in the day. My dad was a telegraph operator then a depot agent for Illinois Central Railroad during the late 40s to late 60s.
He told stories of putting out NOLA bound mailbags with letters for Sears and Roebuck in the mornings. Packages were delivered off Chicago bound trains the same day in the afternoon. He said this happened 4 or 5 times when he was there.
He said 1 or 2 day delivery was common place and most packages were in wooden slat crates.
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