by Sears Homes | May 22, 2011 | Uncategorized |
If you could go back in time 100 years, you might find it a little challenging to understand exactly what people were talking about. In the early 1900s, some words had radically different meanings. For instance, there’s the word “slacker.” A slacker...
by Sears Homes | May 21, 2011 | Uncategorized |
The number one question I’m asked again and again – How do you identify a Sears Kit Home? First, begin by eliminating the obvious. Sears sold these homes between 1908-1940. If your home was built outside of that time frame, it can not be a Sears catalog...
by Sears Homes | Mar 3, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Yesterday, I was delighted to learn that the first printing of “The Sears Homes of Illinois” (printed late November 2010), has sold out. This is very good news. Now I did some ciphering and if I can sell 1.3 million copies, I can fulfill my promise to...
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...
by Sears Homes | Jan 23, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Dr. Joseph Lister – a 19th Century British physician – is largely responsible for the bungalow craze, but that’s one tidbit that I’ve never seen in my books on architectural history. The fact is, Joseph Lister and his germ theory dramatically...
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