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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. |
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|  | | 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. |
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|  | | 1953 |  |

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