As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, WTOP presents “ 250 Years of America ,” a multipart series examining the ...

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There was a time when a person could buy just about anything they needed in the Sears Roebuck & Co. Catalogue, a comprehensive mail-order book that offered sewing machines, bicycles, sporting goods ...

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This 1908 advertisement from when Sears offered a house for $2,300 but you had to build it yourself. from the book “The Houses That Sears Built” by Rosemary Thornton. Over the years, I’ve spent some ...

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TAMAQUA – Jim Hain believes his grandparents, Charles and Catherine Houser, ordered a new house from a Sears, Roebuck & Co. catalog in the late 1920s or early 1930s. “The house was complete, and they ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — Like Amazon today, the Sears and Roebuck Mail Order Catalog was a must-have for American families in the early 20th Century. At the peak of its popularity, the catalog weighed 4 ...

Uniquely is a Sacramento Bee series that covers the moments, landmarks and personalities that define what makes living in the Sacramento area so special. Minnie Kendall’s Roseville house was said to ...