Trade catalogs of architecture, 1907-1927.

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Trade catalogs of architecture, 1907-1927.

Trade catalogs of prefabricated houses and buildings, and other ephemera relating to architecture.

40 items (1 box) : ill.

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Sears, Roebuck and Co., commonly known as Sears, is an American chain of department stores founded by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck in 1892, and reincorporated by Richard Sears and Julius Rosenwald in 1906. Formerly based at the Sears Tower in Chicago and currently headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, the operation began as a mail ordering catalog company and began opening retail locations in 1925. The first location was in Chicago, Illinois. In 2005, the...

Trachte Brothers Company.

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International Mill & Timber Co.

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Close-to-Nature Company

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Mershon & Morley.

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Aladdin Company

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The Aladdin Company was established by two brothers, William J. and Otto E. Sovereign, as a partnership in 1906. The original name of the company was the North American Construction Company, which changed to the Aladdin Company in 1916. The Company manufactured readi-cut houses, which it sold through mail-order catalogs. It stopped manufacturing houses in 1982 and was legally dissolved in 1987. The Company's success was based on advertising. The houses it manufactured and sold indicate popular t...

Harris Brothers Co.

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Kempf & Co.

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Standard Materials Co.

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Springfield Portable House Company.

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Blaw-Knox Co.

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Fresh Air Appliance Company.

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Kolb Portable Building Co.

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Brooks-Skinner Company.

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Insulated Steel Construction Company.

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O.K. Harry Steel Co.

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Chicago Millwork Supply Co.

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E.F. Hodgson Co.

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Montgomery Ward

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Montgomery Ward, the world's first general merchandise mail-order business, issued its first single sheet catalog in 1872. By 1887, the Chicago based company had annual sales exceeding $1,000,000 and in 1889 it became a privately held corporation. In 1893, founder Aaron Montgomery Ward sold his controlling interest to partner George R. Thorne, and the company became a public corporation in 1919. In 1931, Sewell L. Avery became chairman and chief executive officer. His te...

Togan-Stiles, Inc.

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Thomas & Armstrong Co.

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