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SUMMARY:Yes\, Virginia\, Sears DID sell barns!
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DESCRIPTION:While mail-order houses are well known\, fewer realize major c
 ompanies sold barns and farm buildings from 1909–1936. This program
  explores catalog images and surviving examples from Sears and others.\n.\
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>By now\, most people are aware that compan
 ies such a Sears Roebuck\, Gordon-Van Tine and Aladdin sold houses in mail
  order catalogs. Less known is the fact that five of the major mail order 
 house companies also sold barns and other farm buildings from 1909-1936. T
 he largest number and variety of such buildings were sold before 1920\, wh
 en the majority of the United States population was still rural.</p>\n<p>W
 e will examine images from catalogs of Sears\, Wards\, Gordon-Van Tine Har
 ris Brothers and Aladdin as well as pictures of authenticated mail order b
 arns that are still standing.</p>\n<p>Presented by Rebecca Hunter Author\,
  researcher and lecturer who has&nbsp\;received two master&rsquo\;s degree
 s from Governors State University and has authored numerous articles.</p>\
 n<p>Working with the Elgin Illinois Heritage Commission\, Hunter located a
 nd photo-documented over 300 mail order homes in Elgin. Hunter's books\, "
 Elgin Illinois Sears House Research Project" and &ldquo\;Beyond Sears: Mai
 l Order Homes in Elgin Illinois from Gordon-Van Tine\, Aladdin\, Lewis\, S
 terling\, Montgomery Wards and Harris Brothers are available in Elgin&rsqu
 o\;s Gail Borden Public Library. Her books Putting Sears Homes on the Map 
 and Sears\, Roebuck Book of Barns were published in 2004 and 2005 respecti
 vely.&nbsp\; Mail-Order Homes was published in 2012.</p>\nhttps://gailbord
 en.libnet.info/event/15613948
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