Sears, Roebuck Home Builder's Catalog: The Complete Illustrated 1910 Edition Contributor(s): Sears Roebuck and Co (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486263207 ISBN-13: 9780486263205 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2009 Annotation: Reprinted from a rare original: a huge illustrated selection of early 20th-century building materials and fittings -- from roofing and siding to chandeliers and porcelain-enameled bathtubs -- complete with original advertising copy, specifications, and prices. Hundreds of black-and-white illustrations, plus 8 color plates. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Buildings - Residential - Antiques & Collectibles | Americana |
Dewey: 728.097 |
LCCN: 90002752 |
Physical Information: 0.45" H x 8.4" W x 11.22" (1.18 lbs) 176 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: All across America during the great building boom of the early 20th century, one of the most popular sources for home-building materials, fixtures, and trimmings was the Sears, Roebuck catalog for home builders. This fascinating volume, reprinted from a rare surviving edition of that remarkably comprehensive publication, offers a peerless view of how thousands of Americans approached the practicalities and aesthetics of homebuilding in 1910. A huge selection of materials needed to build and finish an early 20th-century home -- lumber, siding, roofing, gable ornaments, interior moldings, oak-veneered front doors, art glass windows, chandeliers, stair balusters, bronze door locks, porcelain-enameled bathtubs, furnaces for hard and soft coal, ornate porch rails and Craftsman china closets among them -- are depicted in detailed line drawings with the original advertising copy, specifications, and prices. Leafing through these pages, it quickly becomes apparent just how many readers -- and buyers -- this extraordinary book attracted. Many of the products and designs are still very much a part of the American landscape, easily recognizable in nearly every community in America today. Students and enthusiasts of American home and home-product design will find this unique publication an authentic and reliable sourcebook of early 20th-century Americana. Anyone interested in renovating houses of this era will find it indispensable. |