Sears Chronology
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 1950

Craftsman hits the road as salesman Ed Faulk takes a Craftsman truck on a 10,000-mile selling trip across America, the first time Sears has sold merchandise from a mobile unit.
 1952
In the second phase of America's largest housing construction project, Levitt & Sons begins building 17,000 homes at Levittown, Pa.  Site foreman Leonard Calderwood relies on his Craftsman 6.25-inch circular saw for his lumber-cutting chores.
 1953

The Craftsman riding mower debuts.
 1955
Newark Stove Co. produces the 500,000th Craftsman rotary lawnmower.
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