Synopses & Reviews
Reprinted from a rare original, this volume features hundreds of black-and-white illustrations that depict early 20th-century building materials and fittings, from roofing and siding to chandeliers and porcelain-enameled bathtubs. The catalog is complete with original advertising copy, specifications, and prices, offering an authentic and reliable sourcebook of century-old Americana.
Synopsis
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.
Synopsis
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.
Synopsis
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 illus., plus 8 color plates.
Synopsis
Reprint of rare original catalog includes huge illustrated selection of building materials, fixtures and trimmings, complete with descriptions, specifications, and prices. Hundreds of black-and-white illustrations.
Synopsis
Sears, Roebuck and Company's 1910 catalog of home building materials, fixtures, and accessories and#151; from roofing and siding to chandeliers and porcelain bathtubs. Vintage ad copy, specifications, and prices provide a nostalgic look back at the way homes were built at the turn of the last century. An authentic source for restorers of homes today.