by Sears Homes | May 12, 2012 | Uncategorized |
It’s two great ideas together in one – asbestos lumber! According to the ad in the 1915 American Carpenter and Builder (trade magazine), this “lumber” was made with Portland Cement and asbestos, and the final product could be sawed, drilled or...
by Sears Homes | May 4, 2012 | Uncategorized |
So promised the catalog advertisement for the “Honor Bilt” house, The Josephine. This diminutive 840-square-foot house provides a nice example of the difference between “Honor Bilt, Already Cut” houses and the “Lighter Bilt, Not Cut or...
by Sears Homes | Jan 15, 2012 | Uncategorized |
In the early 1900s, the Sears Mill at Cairo, Illinois was an impressive operation, covering 40 acres and employing about 80 full-time workers. About 20 acres were “under roof.” In other words, the site had 20 acres of buildings. That’s a lot of...
by Sears Homes | Jan 26, 2011 | Uncategorized |
If you could spend a day in the early 1900s, you might have a little trouble understanding what people were saying! Some words had radically different meanings. For instance, there’s the word “slacker.” A slacker was any able-bodied young man who...
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