To: DollyCali
Good post on the history of Sears Roebuck.
Most people today probably don't know that Sears also sold complete houses in kit form shipped to the buyer by railroad.
They sold about 70,000 houses at a time when the US population was less than 30% of what it is today.
Many of those homes still exist all over the country.
My mom grew up in the Great Depression years with 3 generations living in her grandparents Sears home that was pretty much like the one in this vintage ad.
I can remember visiting her grandmother there when I was just a tyke.
The price of this home is a good demonstration of what an irresponsible and incompetent federal government has done to the value of the dollar over the last 100 years.
565 posted on
05/08/2024 1:01:25 PM PDT by
Iron Munro
(Where Islam dominates freedom, civility, Jews and Christians die)
To: Iron Munro
A good friend of mine lives in a Sears house that her grandfather built in 1923.It is a Rodessa model:
568 posted on
05/08/2024 1:52:00 PM PDT by
exit82
(Either the Democrat Party will survive or America will survive. But not both.)
To: Iron Munro
That’s a good size house. And must be well-built if they are still around today.
571 posted on
05/08/2024 3:00:46 PM PDT by
CottonBall
("We need Trump before any other Americans are killed.")
To: Iron Munro
dang, that is a nice house, labor was cheap then too.
576 posted on
05/08/2024 8:20:08 PM PDT by
norsky
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To: Iron Munro
My sister lived in a Sears house in the Syracuse area. It was a neat place
577 posted on
05/08/2024 8:22:21 PM PDT by
MayflowerMadam
(Navarro didn't kill himself.)
To: Iron Munro
579 posted on
05/08/2024 8:49:33 PM PDT by
norsky
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