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Over 300 photographs and illustrations, with full descriptions, offer views of 86 different houses and cottages of widely varying sizes and designs. Sales continued until 1942, and a few years later all. Here are some of the practical tips ive founduseful in searching for sears homes in my corner of the country. Rosemarythornton is one of the countrys leading experts on sears catalog homes. Sears homes followed architectural styles rather than set precedent. Sears modern homes, 19 dover architecture 9780486452647 by sears roebuck and co. For thousands of americans, catalogs such as sears modern homes were the first step in realizing their dreams of owning a home. Below is a snippet from what is a sears modern home.
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