Sears, Roebuck Home Builder’s Catalog : The Complete Illustrated 1910 Edition

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Summary: Even my teenagers loved this book...
Review: This is a catalogue full of fixtures - plumbing, electrical andmechanical items from the 1910's.

I think it is a tremendousresource for anyone trying to do a faithful restoration of an early20th century home.

It's a book for old house nuts, like me, who just love to sit down and study pictures of old products used in home construction.

Doors, windows, newel posts, fireplace mantels, toilets, sinks, light fixtures, bathtubs, electrical switches, anything that was needed to build an old house is listed in this book.

It is interesting - and the prices are of course incredible, but it's mainly photos and descriptions. No text (that I can recall).

And the photos of these old items are useful in learning how to *date* plumbing and electrical fixtures, which can be useful in determining the age of a house. And it can also help in figuring out if a "period" bath or kitchen is TRULY a period bath and kitchen.

But it is a catalogue, after all.