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Back Cover of the 1921 Sears Homes Catalog, including mention of Wood River

Citation

Sears, Roebuck & Co., “Back Cover of the 1921 Sears Homes Catalog, including mention of Wood River,” Madison Historical, accessed April 23, 2024, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/32.

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Description

The back cover of the 1921 Honor Bilt Modern Homes Catalog includes various letters and a satisfaction guarantee. Among them is a February 12, 1920 letter from the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, thanking Sears, Roebuck & Co. for the construction of homes in Carlinville, Wood River, and Schoper, Illinois.

Transcription

  • Gentlemen:-
    The two hundred (200) houses which you built for us at Carlinville, Wood River, and Schoper, Illinois are now completed and are entirely satisfactory in every detail. The workmanship, laying out of streets, sidewalks, sewers, etc., has all been handled in a very satisfactory manner, and the quality of the material is exceptionally good. We are proud of the architectural appearance also the convenient arrangement of rooms in these houses, and we are able to offer these houses to our workmen at very low prices.
    Very truly yours,
    Standard Oils Company of Indiana.
    C. B. Manbeck

Source

Subjects

  • industry
  • Sears Homes
  • Wood River

Creator

Sears, Roebuck & Co.

Date

1921

Language

English

Type

  • Miscellaneous Document

Coverage

  • Wood River, Illinois

Identifier

  • IA-B-0002
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