I was minding my business the other day moving Halloween decorations around our yard when the mailman dropped off my mail.

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 ...

Every generation knows its own customs and traditions. It has always been true. I can’t help but feel a little nostalgic as I see kids and families wait for Christmas these days with holiday ads ...

PORTLAND, Maine — Honey, they shrunk the catalogs. While retailers hope to go big this holiday season, customers may notice that the printed gift guides arriving in their mailboxes are smaller. Many ...

Who remembers the Sears Catalogue, a long-forgotten piece of history that ran from the late 1800s until its final publication in 1993? There was something for everyone, and if you were lucky enough to ...

“Nothing says Christmas to me like my memories of the Sears-Christmas-Wish-Book”-Title of an article in the Christian Science Monitor. I think back to my childhood growing up in the 1960 – 1970s. We ...

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 ...

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 ...

TAMAQUA – Jim Hain believes his grandparents, Charles and Catherine Houser, ordered a new house from a Sears, Roebuck & Co. catalog in the late 1920s or early 1930s. “The house was complete, and they ...