Long before Amazon and internet shopping, you could buy almost anything from a mail-order catalog. Clothing, furniture, jewelry, toys, plant seeds. Even homes. From 1908 to 1940, customers could pick ...
Long before Amazon and internet shopping, you could buy almost anything from a mail-order catalog. Clothing, furniture, jewelry, toys, plant seeds. Even homes. From 1908 to 1940, customers could pick ...
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- More than one dozen homes in Champaign and Urbana appear to be mail-order homes, a popular way to purchase a residence in the early decades of the 20th century.