Sears home /

Sears Catalog Homes were ready-to-assemble kit houses sold through mail order by Sears, Roebuck and Co. Over 70,000 of these were sold in North America between 1908 and 1940. Shipped via railroad boxcars, these kits included all the materials needed to build a house. This video looks at the restorat...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	History Channel (Television network)
Other Authors:	Dunham, Marty (Narrator), Miller, Scott, producer (Producer)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	This edition in English.
Published:	New York, NY : A & E Television Networks, 2004.
Series:	Art and architecture in video
Subjects:	Sears, Roebuck and Company. House construction. Habitations > Construction. Alexander Street Video. Documentary television programs. Nonfiction television programs. Émissions télévisées autres que de fiction. Documentaires télévisés.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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Summary:	Sears Catalog Homes were ready-to-assemble kit houses sold through mail order by Sears, Roebuck and Co. Over 70,000 of these were sold in North America between 1908 and 1940. Shipped via railroad boxcars, these kits included all the materials needed to build a house. This video looks at the restoration of one of these now hard to find homes.
Item Description:	Back to the blueprint. Title from resource description page (viewed Jul. 13, 2012).
Physical Description:	1 online resource (30 min.).