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Every Ikea catalog since 1950

Ikea published an online archive of every catalog since 1950, with a search engine and PDF downloads of each. Pictured below ...

5 Top-Rated Craftsman Hand Tools At Lowe's You Can Add To Your Kit

Craftsman was once Sears' home tool brand. While Sears may not be thriving, Craftsman is, and its tools can still be found ...
The Florida Times-Union

Do you live in a Sears ‘kit home’? Here's how to tell, how many are left in Florida

Sears sold mail-order kit homes from 1908 to 1942, ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars. Few Sears kit homes were sold in Florida, likely due to shipping logistics and the homes' ...
The Repository

Stark, actually: This picture-perfect Sears Magnolia catalog house still stands in Canton

What: This is no ordinary century-old colonial home: It was built in 1923 from a kit ordered through a Sears, Roebuck & Co. catalog. Where: The two-story is at 424 19th St. NW in Canton's historic ...
American Rifleman

Where Sears Got Its Guns

** When you buy products through the links on our site, we may earn a commission that supports NRA's mission to protect, preserve and defend the Second Amendment. ** The Meriden .22-cal. rifle shown ...
Snopes.com

Sears Catalogs Once Sold Monkeys, Donkeys and Other Animals?

Sears offered live animals through its mail-order catalogs from 1956 to 1964. However, versions of those catalogs — possibly including an alleged 1956 Sears Christmas book featured in popular TikTok ...
CNN

Sears’ extraordinary history: A timeline

Richard Sears, a railroad station agent, started selling watches as a side business in North Redwood, Minnesota. The following year, he moved to the company's first Chicago location and hired ...
AOL

Some Sacramento homes might be built from kits. But did they come from the Sears catalog?

Uniquely is a Sacramento Bee series that covers the moments, landmarks and personalities that define what makes living in the Sacramento area so special. Minnie Kendall’s Roseville house was said to ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer

Sears used to sell homes by mail. Cincinnati may have more than any other city

Long before Amazon and internet shopping, you could buy almost anything from a mail-order catalog. Clothing, furniture, jewelry, toys, plant seeds. Even homes. From 1908 to 1940, customers could pick ...
Santa Barbara Independent

Sears Catalog Homes in Santa Barbara?

Many people are familiar with the homes that were shown in old Sears/Roebuck catalogs and shipped in pieces, but as far as I know, none of these homes exist in Santa Barbara. We do, however, have more ...
AOL

Troubled retailer Sears quietly reopens two stores. What is behind the comeback?

To the casual shopper, Sears, one of America’s oldest retailers, may appear to be on life support. The department store chain that once reinvented how Americans shopped now barely has a ...