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The arrival of the Sears, Roebuck & Co. catalog was a much-anticipated ... tissues in name recognition for the inexpensive "kit" homes that often gave fledgling farmers, blue-collar workers ...
FALL RIVER — Before there was Amazon Prime, there was the Sears, Roebuck & Co. Catalog ... "The FRHS has no records/history of any Sears/kit homes," wrote curator Michael Martins in an ...
What’s old is new again, real estate agents are discovering as buyers lay down millions in order to own vintage houses known as kit homes. Before these homes became sought-after relics, they ...
From 1908 to 1940, customers could pick out their own ready-to-assemble home kit from a Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalog and have the materials shipped directly to them, primarily by rail.
Just how many kit homes there are locally is unclear ... had no idea their house was a catalog-order Sears, Roebuck and Company home when they bought it. Schrott and McWilliams were living ...
From 1908 to 1940, customers could pick out their own ready-to-assemble home kit from a Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalog and have the materials shipped directly to them, primarily by rail.
MATTOON — The third annual Cycle into History bike tour on Saturday, June 24, is set to feature several kit homes purchased from Sears, Roebuck and Co. and other retailers. The free bike ride ...
The “already cut” and fitted kits from Sears, Roebuck and Co., including this one, were shipped by railroad boxcar and trucked from the rail yard to the home site. Each kit contained about ...
The Washington Senate Tuesday passed a bill aimed at increasing the acceptance of kit homes as a potential solution to the state’s growing shortage of affordable housing. Senate Bill 5552 ...