by Sears Homes | Dec 1, 2013 | Uncategorized |
It was described as a “Modern convenience in a typically modern setting” (1928 Sears Modern Homes catalog). The Montgomery Ward catalog said it, “Answers the problem as to where to keep the telephone.” The telephone was patented in March 1876. ...
by Sears Homes | Feb 13, 2013 | Uncategorized |
Thanks to friends Ersela Jordan and Rebecca Hunter, I have some photos of the Sears Van Dorn. These Dutch Colonial kit homes can be hard to identify, because they’re so ubiquitous, rather simple, and sometimes, they all look alike! Ersela managed to get inside...
by Sears Homes | Aug 16, 2010 | Uncategorized |
In 2006, a woman in Beckley, West Virginia sent me an email. “Ersela” thought she’d found about 40 kit homes in Beckley, and wanted to ask if I was available to come to her town and give a lecture. For the next several months, we talked back and...
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