Interested in knowing more about Sears houses? Here are some sources to check.
”Houses by Mail: A Guide to Houses from Sears, Roebuck and Company,” by Katherine Cole Stevenson and H. Ward Jandl, 1986. The Preservation Press, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1785 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036. $24.95 plus $3.00 handling and shipping.
”Catalogues and Counters,” by Boris Emmet & John E. Jeuck, 1950. The University of Chicago Press.
Archives Department, Sears, Roebuck and Co., Hoffman Estates, Ill. (The department will reopen this fall.)
Jeanette S. Fields, editor of ”A Guidebook to the Architecture of River Forest” and former executive director of the Chicago Architecture Foundation, presents ”Your Dream House in a Kit,” a slide-illustrated program of Sears Modern Homes, then and now, including exteriors, interiors, Sears` furnishings and factories. For a brochure, phone 708-366-9342.
Slide-illustrated ”Programs for Women,” presented by Betsy Ward of Inverness, often include information about Sears Modern Homes. For a brochure, phone 708-358-1774.
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