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Alvah C. Roebuck asked Richard
W. Sears to buy out his interest in the company in 1895. Richard Sears asked Roebuck to remain with the company as a
salaried employee to manage the Sears Home Entertainment
Department. After four years Roebuck quit to form his own
movie projector manufacturing company, with Sears becoming one of
his best customers. In 1903, Roebuck worked on the first
of many improvements to the motion picture machine, building the
Optigraph Motion Picture Machine. Roebuck later returned to
Sears in 1933 and worked for wages until 1940. During this
time he wrote a history of Sears early days, and became a star
attraction at Sears store openings. Roebuck passed away
June 18, 1948, never publicly regretting the fortune he missed
by not staying with Sears, Roebuck and Co.
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