Sears Homes and Other Kit Houses
by
Rebecca L. Hunter
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2012
The rapid westward expansion of the United States in the early twentieth century set the stage for a new industry: mail-order homes. Sold by such companies as Sears, Roebuck & Co., Aladdin, and Montgomery Ward, these kit homes were shipped by train to their purchasers in boxcars containing everything...