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SUMMARY:Putting Sears Homes on the Map: Mail Order House Phenomenon
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DESCRIPTION:Architectural historian Rebecca Hunter will explore the histor
 y of mail order home marketing and view images of homes from major produce
 rs of these homes\, including best known\, Sears\, Roebuck..\nhttps://wilm
 ette.libnet.info/event/12962830
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>General merchandise mail order catalogs we
 re established in the late 1890&rsquo\;s&ndash\;Montgomery Ward and Sears\
 , Roebuck were among the first&ndash\;offering a wide variety of goods to 
 the rural market. House plan books appeared at about the same time. In 190
 6\, a combination of these two marketing techniques first came on the scen
 e: mail order houses. Sears\, Roebuck is the best known of all the compani
 es that sold mail order homes\, although not the first in the business. We
  will learn the history of mail order home marketing and view images of ho
 mes from the nine major producers of these homes.</p>\n<p>Armchair Travels
  is generously funded with a gift from the Rutherford Family Trust.</p>\n<
 p></p>\n<p><strong>Join us for other programs in our Focus on Architecture
  series:</strong></p>\n<p>Frank Lloyd Wright: Organic Architect\, Tuesday 
 April 15\, 7pm\, Virtual. <a href="https://wilmette.libnet.info/event/1297
 7993">Register</a></p>\n<p>Chicago Architecture: The Latest and Greatest\,
  Thursday April 17\, 1pm\, Auditorium. <a href="https://wilmette.libnet.in
 fo/event/12978003">Learn More.</a></p>\n<p>Lee Bey- Southern Exposure: The
  Overlooked Architecture of Chicago&rsquo\;s South Side\, Monday April 28 
 7pm\, Virtual. <a href="https://wilmette.libnet.info/event/12962794">Regis
 ter.</a></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\nhttps://wilmette.libnet.in
 fo/event/12962830
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