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sears roebuck houses: Sears Roebuck house in Searcy AR selling again. 607 West Arch circa 1920's. - 09/16/11 10:28 PM
Searcy Roebuck catalogs had a lot of uses way back a long time ago.  To name a few:
1.  Put under the baby to make him sit higher in the chair.
2.  To cut out paperdolls and choose lots of new outfits for the dolls.
3.  To select the kids a pair of shoes to begin school.
4. To read or use in other ways in the outhouse.
5.  TO ORDER HOUSES!
Yes, houses could be ordered and they'd come in kits.  We still have a Sears Roebuck house in Searcy Arkansas.  It was built sometime in the 1920's and was … (16 comments)

sears roebuck houses: Exxon Service Station in Searcy Arkansas....or it WAS in Searcy Arkansas. - 02/08/10 07:28 AM

We once had filling stations/service stations on every corner of Searcy Arkansas and other towns across the country.  They're dwindling.
Here's one that is gone.  I'll let you see if you know where it was, Searcy readers, and report back to me.  A hint.  The house in the picture is still there.  It looks like one of the old Sears Roebuck houses that was a mail order house.  I did a blog on another one or two in Searcy and this one is similar. 
This photo was taken by my son back in the 70's when he took photography for … (19 comments)

sears roebuck houses: Sears Roebuck houses. Payments as low as $20 per month. - 03/12/09 07:44 AM
The Sears Roebuck catalogs would say that payments were as low as $20 per month.  The "Puritan" 7 rooms and bath monthly payments as low as $40.  The "Newark" 6 rooms and bath monthly payments as low as $55.
Notice those ads said and "bath."  That means one, folks.  Families considered a bath a luxury.  Now we feel we need one each.  These ads were also before "Truth in Advertising" because they didn't say for how many years and at what interest rate!
The houses were ordered from the catalog and erected, I assume, on site.  Even I'm too young to … (30 comments)

 
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