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Old Sears Catalog Houses

Old Sears Catalog Houses - Many of those houses are still around, and their owners are saddened by. Historic homes that were sold as kits, and shipped to homeowners by rail. Sears homes were kit homes that were sold right out of the pages of the sears roebuck catalog in the early 1900s. Sears was not the only company selling homes through catalogs — there were eight major companies in addition to small, locally run companies that sold homes in both the u.s. Sears modern homes offered more than 370 designs in a wide range of. Two years later, sears made their own version and printed a special house catalog called “book of modern homes and building plans.” a page from the sears catalog showing. In the early 1900s, sears sold thousands of homes around the u.s. A little over twenty years ago, on a cold winter day in elgin, illinois (a bit outside of chicago), rebecca hunter picked up an old sears catalog and took it on a walk around the. We are a group of researchers who look for sears houses around the united states. From 1908 to 1942, sears sold more than 70,000 of these houses in north america, by the company’s count.

Sears Catalog ‘Kit Homes’ From the Early 20th Century Vintage Everyday
Sears Catalog ‘Kit Homes’ From the Early 20th Century Vintage Everyday
Sears Catalog Homes in Brookline
Sears Catalog ‘Kit Homes’ From the Early 20th Century Vintage Everyday
Two sears modern homes model 101 built in 1908 Artofit
Sears Catalog ‘Kit Homes’ From the Early 20th Century Vintage Everyday
Sears Catalog ‘Kit Homes’ From the Early 20th Century Vintage Everyday
Sears Catalog ‘Kit Homes’ From the Early 20th Century Vintage Everyday
Sears Catalog ‘Kit Homes’ From the Early 20th Century Vintage Everyday
Sears Catalog ‘Kit Homes’ From the Early 20th Century Vintage Everyday

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