STOVES

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

"STOVES"

Entry/Object ID

2001.65.1.1

Description

Color: Black; White "Stoves," issued by the Sears, Roebuck and Company, 1920. The 50-page catalog has a white cardstock cover with a line illustration of a boy at the top of the front. He holds a letter up to a mail box with his right hand, and on the envelope is the name and location of the manufacturer. The title is within a white crest at the bottom along with payment suggestions; a guarantee; freight rate information; and the catalog number to which the pages correspond. Also along the bottom is the name and location of the manufacturer. On the center of the back is a guarantee and the manufacturer's logo. All of the printing on the cover is in black. At the beginning of the inside are freight and express rates, monthly payment information, and an order form. A wide variety of gas and coal stoves are listed as well as chimney wick oil stoves; cooking outfits; baking and roasting ovens; fire boxes; iron repair and maintenance chemicals; and a variety of heaters. At the end is an order form for a catalog and a pipeless furnace. Many black and white illustrations are included. With some abrasions; creases; dents; surface soiling; light stains; and a small tear, the object is in fair condition.

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Stoves, Furnaces

Search Terms

Three-dimensional, Catalogs, Sears, Roebuck and Co., Space heaters, Stove-plates

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Catalogs