by Sears Homes | Aug 12, 2014 | Uncategorized |
Sears gets all the ink, but fact is, Gordon Van Tine was a very substantial (and impressive) kit home company, too. You can learn a lot about GVT by visiting Dale’s website here. Sears sold about 70,000 kit homes, and Gordon Van Tine – based in Davenport,...
by Sears Homes | May 7, 2014 | Uncategorized |
Last month, we drove from Norfolk to Philladelphia to visit the National Archives and Records Administration. En route, we took a slight detour to Carney’s Point, NJ to check out the houses in that neighborhood. Carney’s Point, like Penniman, eventually...
by Sears Homes | Apr 20, 2014 | Uncategorized |
…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,...
by Sears Homes | Apr 17, 2014 | Uncategorized |
Recently, Wayne (hubby), Milton (buddy) and I traveled to the National Archives and Records Administration in Philadelphia to do research on Penniman. Along the way, we stopped at Carney’s Point, NJ to check out the houses in that neighborhood. Carney’s...
by Sears Homes | Mar 29, 2014 | Uncategorized |
“Rose, do you know what this thing is?” That’s what my neighbor asked me Friday night, as we were standing in the front yard, enjoying the pleasant evening. In the back of his truck, he showed me a 2×6 with a metal ring recessed into a matching...
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