The Sears Houses



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Believe it or not mail order is nothing new. In fact The Sears, Roebuck and Company sold houses using mail order through catalogs starting in 1908. What inspired Sears? The same things that inspires entrepreneurs today – money. And how did they do it, with creativity and a brand new transportation infrastructure called the transcontinental railroad – which made these massive deliveries possible. Over the course of 32 years Sears offered 370 different models of home…

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