The faded SEARS sign of the Sears Main Street location is seen on Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018, in Houston. Sunday was the last open day of the department store.
Traffic was backed up for blocks surrounding the just-opened Sears store on Main on this day in 1939.
"The escalators inside the new store drew lots of attention from the opening-day crowd, and Toyland on the second floor was another center of attraction," the Chronicle reported. The paper reported that many visitors stopped outside to admire the window displays and took note of the adjoining filling station.
"I believe that this is the finest and most complete store I've ever seen in my life," said Preston B. Doty, president of the First National Bank of Beaumont.
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