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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 ...
The average cost to buy a home in Florida in 2025 is hovering around $385,000, according to Zillow’s most current Florida housing market data. But there was once a time, about 85 years ago, when you ...
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' ...
Sears and Roebuck knew how to reach customers in the far corners of the country -- decades before the Internet. By the turn of the 20 th century, Sears had taken advantage of the nationwide rail ...
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 ...
** 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 ...
Sears' mail-order catalogs from the 1950s and 1960s offered dogs, ponies, monkeys, and other animals for purchase. Sears offered live animals through its mail-order catalogs from 1956 to 1964. However ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...