Another roundie found local, truetone.

[Tom9589]

KF4RCA, your reference to Sears pre-fabricated houses reminded me of my brother-in-law who worked as a "sledger" during summers in high school for a construction company building pre-fab houses. They would put up three wall panels to a room. Then they would put up the last wall panel. If it didn't fit, the sledgers were called in to persuade the fourth corner to come together.

[Tim Tress]

Detrola made many radios which were sold under the Truetone brand. However, they went out of business around 1948.

[vortalexfan]

Originally Posted by Tom9589

KF4RCA, your reference to Sears pre-fabricated houses reminded me of my brother-in-law who worked as a "sledger" during summers in high school for a construction company building pre-fab houses. They would put up three wall panels to a room. Then they would put up the last wall panel. If it didn't fit, the sledgers were called in to persuade the fourth corner to come together.

My uncle owns an old Sears-Roebuck kit house from the 1910s in Culver, Indiana that he had restored himself, its a large 2-story 4-Square style home.