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Our 250th Episode! Sears Roebuck and Co. Modern Homes Catalog, Part 1

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

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To celebrate our 250th episode, we're dipping into a perennial favorite, but in a slightly different way. The Sears Modern Homes Catalog was published from 1908 to 1942 and ultimately included 447 designs. More than 70,000 kit homes were sold, so if you live in an older American neighborhood, you may be near one or even in one right now.

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