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 15, 2011 | Uncategorized |
In 1918, Standard Oil of Indiana made mail-order history when they placed a $1 million order with Sears Roebuck & Company for 192 Honor-Bilt homes. It was purported to be the largest order in the history of the Sears Modern Homes department. Standard Oil purchased...
by Sears Homes | Nov 1, 2010 | Uncategorized |
Built-in breakfast nooks were a popular item in the early 1920s and especially so in kit homes. After the grand Victorian home fell from favor, the bungalow craze took over and suddenly The Little House was the best house to have. (As Henry David Thoreau said,...
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