Name/Title
HONOR BILT HOMES CUSTOMER LETTERS INSERTEntry/Object ID
2000.147.1.3Description
Color: Blue; Red; White
Advertisement of Honor Bilt Homes customer letters, issued by Sears, Roebuck and Company, 1928. The sheet has red and blue letters across the top reading, "Heating Cost Cut / by Honor Bilt Homes / These Letters tell their Own / Story of FUEL Economy." Below this are seven letters, three on each side and one below these, written by satisfied customers. At the far left are four drawings of the homes, three are on the far right, and one at the bottom above the name of the company. On the top of the back is, "Let the Experience of Others be / Your Guide in Selecting Your Own Home." Below this is a drawing of a sheet of paper on which is printed another customer letter. To the left of this is a drawing of a two-story home with the caption, "The Puritan Home / of Mr. A. W. Fischer." On the bottom right is a circle with a drawing of a pile of coal and a shovel around which are the words, "Honor Bilt Homes / Save / Your / Fuel Dollars." Across the bottom is the name of the company. The insert was found with the catalog which is item .1; a brochure .2; and a mailer .3. With acid burns and some creases, the object is in good condition.Lexicon
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Three-dimensional, Advertisements, Sears, Roebuck and Co., Architect-designed homes, Architecture, Domestic, Consumer satisfaction, Heating--Control, Insulation (Heat), Buildings--AirtightnessLegacy Lexicon
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