Sears Modern Homes Catalogues
"Modern Home No. 125"; "Modern Home No. 144"
Architectural designs
By: Sears, Roebuck and Company
Date: 1908; 1909
Source: Sears, Roebuck and Company. 1908 Modern Homes Catalogue. Chicago: 1908; 54. Sears, Roebuck and Company. 1909 Modern Homes Catalogue. Chicago: 1909, 26.
About the Company: Sears, Roebuck and Company was founded in 1893, a partnership between Richard Sears and Alvah Roebuck. The firm quickly became a household name, delivering goods at lower prices than local stores and making a consistent style and quality of goods available across America. When the new Sears, Roebuck and Company building opened on Chicago's south side in 1906, it was the largest business building at that time in the world.
Introduction
During the decade that Sears and other purveyors introduced houses from kits, ownership of automobiles increased from...
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1900's Fashion Primary Sources
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