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Sears Homes  Classic Rock Face Block
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5 hours ago Buyers of a Sears Kit home saved about one-third of the typical construction costs of their era. Beginning in 1929 the volume of Sears Catalog houses sold dropped dramatically. So it’s probably true that most of these homes were sold and built before that year, but it is certainly the case that the sale of some models continued to 1940.

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Sears Catalog Homes  Cleveland Historical
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6 hours ago Sears Roebuck and Company built many a marketing campaign around its ability to supply "everything for the home." However, between 1908 and 1940, Sears also supplied the home itself. Through its mail-order catalog, Sears offered more than 400 different house styles: from the elaborate "Ivanhoe," with French doors and art glass windows, to the Spartan …

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Sears Roebuck Kit Homes  Alameda Old House History
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5 hours ago The Argyle page from a 1921 Sears Roebuck catalog. From 1908 through 1940, Sears sold more than 70,000 kit homes that were built in almost every major US city by homeowners, their friends and in some cases like this one, actual home builders. 1921 Sears Roebuck Argyle floor plan, from the catalog. A solid match with the NE 30th Avenue bungalow.

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Sears Sold 70,000 Homes From Their Catalog, Are You Living
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2 hours ago As with most old homes, the tough part is finding one that has been well maintained, and with the youngest of Sears homes going now eight decades old, they all require a significant amount of care

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How To Find Sears Modern Homes  Old House Web
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8 hours ago Perusing old Sears homes catalogs, I've found the frontporches on the same models changed frequently through the years. And frontporches were often the first thing to get "customized" whenthe house was designed, built or remodeled. A drive through Carlinville,Illinois, which has the largest collection of Sears Homes in the country, provesthis

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Catalog : Sears, Roebuck and Company : Free Download
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3 hours ago Mail-order business, Commercial catalogs Publisher [Chicago] Sears, Roebuck and Co. Collection university_of_illinois_urbana-champaign; americana Digitizing sponsor University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Alternates Contributor University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Language English Volume 1918 pt.2 (no.137)

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The Story on Sears Houses  The OldHouse Journal
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2 hours ago The Story on Sears Houses. For more than 30 years, the Chicago-based retailer was the king of catalog Sears houses. Author: James C. Massey & Shirley Maxwell. Publish Date: Updated Jun 17, 2021. Featured in catalogs from 1912 to 1929, the Westly was one of Sears’ most popular designs. It still shines in countless towns across the country by

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Sears Sold DIY Mail Order Homes that Could Be Assembled in
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5 hours ago Between 1908 and 1940, Sears sold over 70,000 of these DIY houses across America. Sears Catalog Homes were kit houses that you could buy from their catalog. Sent by mail order, an average DIY house kit came with over 30,000 pre-cut pieces of lumber, 750 pounds of nails and all the other necessary parts that could be assembled within 90 days.

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U.S., Historic Catalogs of Sears, Roebuck and Co., 18961993
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9 hours ago History of Sears Catalog. Sears Archives, 2004. Web. June 9, 2010. Bradford, David K. The Sears Catalog. The Unstrung History of the American Guitar and 19th Century American Music. 2009. Web. July 6, 2010. Related Website. History of the Sears Catalog

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Sears Home Prices: How Much Did Catalog Houses Cost
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3 hours ago The tiny houses that have become popular in recent years, which cost as little as $20,000 for materials (or $86,500 for a modern 745-square-foot home from IKEA), are good comparisons to the old Sears catalog homes.. For what it's worth, folks who are curious about the seemingly cheap DIY homes of a century ago can readily buy vintage books featuring …

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The 1897 Sears, Roebuck and Co. Catalog  Mr. Hurst's website
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6 hours ago The 1897 Sears, Roebuck and Co. Catalog Recently my local historical society had its annual yard sale. One of the items I bought was a reprint of this famous catalog. It was recreated by Fred L. Israel of the City College of New York. It is 786 pages long (including the index). I have copies some of the pages to give you an

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Old Sears Catalog  Etsy
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5 hours ago 1970 Old SEARS Catalog Roebuck and Co. Gun Digest Publishing, 1st ed 1900 Consumers Guide: Fall 1120 pg Nice Vintage 5 1/4"x7"x13/16". Ad by ThriftyThinkers Ad from shop ThriftyThinkers. ThriftyThinkers. From shop ThriftyThinkers. 5 out of 5 stars.

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The Old Sears Catalog  HubPages
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2 hours ago The 1943 Sears News Graphic wrote that the Sears catalog, "serves as a mirror of our times, recording for future historians today's desires, habits, customs, and mode of living." The roots of the Sears catalog are as old as the company. In 1888, Richard Sears first used a printed mailer to advertise watches and jewelry.

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Six Sears Houses  New England Historical Society
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1 hours ago In the early part of the 20th century, you could buy Sears houses for the price of a good pair of shoes today. Times certainly changed. In 2005, a high-end Sears home sold for $900,000. Sears, Roebuck and Co. sold about 100,000 kit houses from catalogs between 1908 and 1942. They were shipped by rail, […]

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1914 catalog  Sears Modern Homes
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Just Now by Sears Homes Apr 20, 2014 Uncategorized 1 comment …combined with the advantages of a two-story house! So promised the advertising copy that accompanied the pictures in the 1914 Aladdin Homes catalog. One week ago today, hubby (Wayne) and buddy (Milton) and I were wandering around Carney’s Point, NJ,

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Sears Is Fading, But Memories Of Its MailOrder Homes
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Just Now Sears was not the first company to offer mail-ordered "kit homes," but by the time the catalog was discontinued in 1940, Sears is estimated to have sold between 70,000 and 75,000 houses. Sears Homes

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When the Sears Catalog Sold Everything from Houses to
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7 hours ago A mail-order advertisement for Sears, Roebuck & Co., circa 1931. Even in the depths of the Great Depression in 1931, Searscatalog, retail and factory profits totaled more than $12 million, or

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Sears Catalog Homes  Virginia
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8 hours ago Hopewell offers a selection of Sears, Roebuck & Company mail-order homes in its Crescent Hills neighborhood. Visitors can drive through this area and view homes built from 1926-1937. Dawn to dusk. Tour brochure available at the Hopewell/Prince George Visitor Center.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many houses where sold from sears catalogs?

Between 1908 and 1940, Sears sold over 70,000 of these DIY houses across America. Sears Catalog Homes were kit houses that you could buy from their catalog. Sent by mail order, an average DIY house kit came with over 30,000 pre-cut pieces of lumber, 750 pounds of nails and all the other necessary parts that could be assembled within 90 days.

Where can one find a sears catalog?

Formerly based at the Sears Tower in Chicago and currently headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, the operation began as a mail ordering catalog company and began opening retail locations in 1925. The first location was in Chicago, Illinois.

How can one get a sears catalogue?

Sears have catalogues which can be special for the season and these catalogues can have prices valid for one year. Thus Sears usually have more than one catalogue at a time. It can be five or ten at the same time so you got a lot of alternatives of products range prepared by Sears Stores as online.

Is the last sears catalog worth anything?

The Last Sears Catalog (1993) Paperback – January 1, 1993 by Roebuck amd Company Sears (Author) 5.0 out of 5 stars 3 ratings. See all ...

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