Eric,
Your link:
http://www.invillapark.com/vphpc/catalog.htm shows a photo of a house that
looks identical to several in my home town.
I was born in small-town Ohio, and there several of these craftsman style
Sears kit homes still standing in that area. The woodwork inside and out
would cost a fortune to recreate today.
- Jeff -
>From: "Eric Goldstein" <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Way OT: Sears
>Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 11:29:36 -0400
>
>http://www.historicpelham.com/structures/20Birch.htm
>
>http://www.invillapark.com/vphpc/catalog.htm
>
>http://www.wctc.net/~hatch/catalog.html
>
>http://www.re-building.com/johnvanbergen/griffith.html
>
>http://www.oldhouseweb.com/stories/Detailed/707.shtml
>
>
>Eric Goldstein
>
>--
>
>On 3/19/07, Walker Smith <doubs43@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> I've seen original ads for Sears' homes from the early part of the 20th
>>Century. As I recall, $700 bought a substantial sized place.
>>
>> Somewhere I have a copy of an ad for a Sears complete bathroom: toilet,
>>sink, bath tub, floor tile and all the fixtures. It is like seeing my
>>grandparents' bathroom when I look at it..... identical in every detail.
>>My
>>great grandfather built the house sometime between 1905 and 1909 and the
>>bathroom was added at some later date.
>>
>> Walker Smith
>>
>> Robert Lilley wrote:
>> I think Sears in it's hey day was even selling houses - you got all the
>>lumber, hardware and plans to build one.
>>
>>Rob
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
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>>[mailto:rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
>>Emmanuel.Bigler@xxxxxxxx
>>Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 8:55 AM
>>To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Way OT: Sears
>>
>>
>>
>> Emmanuel: Sears, Roebuck and Co. was once the end-all, be-all of
>>USian department stores.
>>
>>
>>Thank you Aaron and US friends for this historical notes about the
>>Sears Company. In fact we had a company in France named Manufrance, at
>>the origin a manufacture of guns and bicycles located in Saint-Étienne
>>(close to where Angénieux lenses are still made today). Their
>>customers lived, like for Sears at the beginning, mostly remote
>>villages, where it was important to have a good quality hunting gun
>>and a bicycle. Eventually their catalog lear for Sears contained
>>everything, and exactly like Sears they lost their business some day.
>>At the end of the story, Manufrance actually sold cameras but
>>certainly not under their brand. And probably no 4x5" ever ;-)
>>
>>
>>
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