Catalogue Houses in the Early 20th Century

Egbert Benson Historical Society of Red HookSaturday, October 29th, 2011

An Illustrated Talk by Olivia Klose and Christopher Brazee

Prefabrication

Hospital in Sydney, Australia (1787)

Friends meeting house in Adelaide,Australia (1839)

Prospectors, California (1849)

Pattern Books

Delamater House, Rhinebeck (1844)

Pattern Book

Popular Magazines

Sears Modern Homes

Why Mail-order?

“Machines do everything but think”

The Mail-order Way

Choosing the Mail-order House

Who purchased Sears houses?

Building the Mail-order house

Still from One Week with Buster Keaton (1920)