by Sears Homes | May 26, 2013 | Uncategorized |
Earlier this week, my friend Rachel posted a picture of this 1922 Sears catalog in our Facebook group “Sears Homes.” I found it utterly enchanting. The cover shows a little girl dashing out to the mailbox to retrieve the goodies that just arrived from...
by Sears Homes | Jan 19, 2013 | Uncategorized |
Stanhope is the name of a city in Iowa and New Jersey. And it’s also the name of a car that was sold from 1904-1906, by the Twyford Motor Car Company of Brookville, Pennsylvania. But for this blog, we’re going to talk about the Stanhope that was sold by...
by Sears Homes | Aug 2, 2012 | Uncategorized |
When my dear friend Dale heard the saga about the threatened demolition of the Pop Culture Building (a mail-order kit home) at BGSU, he offered to send me photos of the other kit homes he’d found in Bowling Green, Ohio. Bowling Green has an impressive array of...
by Sears Homes | Apr 30, 2012 | Uncategorized |
There are only seven known Sears Magnolias in the country. Judging by the emails I receive, you’d think there are seven Magnolias in every city in America, but that’s not quite right. I’m always hopeful to find the eighth Magnolia, and I do suspect...
by Sears Homes | Dec 27, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Last week, I published a blog about a beautiful Aladdin Shadowlawn I found in Concord, NC. At the time, I couldn’t find the address. My addresses are stored in notebooks, and they’re not in any particular order. Retrieving an address from a trip made long...
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