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The House that Came in the Mail Again

99% Invisible

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Sears Modern Homes

By 19 o seven, sears and robuck was selling the then equivalent of one point three billion dollars of merchandise to american families every year. Sears cut the lumber for almost all of these homes, ready to order in giant mills situated across the country. The largest in carro, illinois, at the confluence of the mississippi and ohio rivers, covered nearly forty acres. Other styles included the craftsman style wenona and the dutch colonial martha washington.

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