Need A Home? We Will Pay The Freight!

 

   My affection for vintage magazine advertisements knows no bounds - so much so that whenever I have the opportunity to purchase old magazines or newspapers cheap, I jump on it. The other day I picked up a few copies of The Country Gentleman that were published in 1924 & 1925 (billed at the time as The Oldest Agricultural Journal In The World).

   I found this gem of an advertisement in the March 14 1925 issue (at the time it was five cents the copy, or one dollar for the year). 

   $580.00 for a complete four room home with bath and a front porch. Delivered to any location east of the Mississippi river and north of the Mason-Dixon line. Includes all lumber, millwork, roofing, lath, hardware, & nails. 

   Foundation and windows must have been extra.

   Still, quite the bargain.