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The House that Came in the Mail

99% Invisible

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The Sears Robot Catalog

The first Modern Homes catalog had over 40 models to choose from. Sears cut the lumber for almost all of these homes, ready to order, in giant mills situated across the country. They range from what I would call a hunter's cabin, literally a two-room house for two or three hundred dollars.

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