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1969 color photograph of an uncovered bandstand in the middle of the Woodstock Square Park, Woodstock, Illinois. Also in the photograph are leafless trees and shrubs, a soldier monument and multi-story brick buildings in the background located on Benton Street.
This photo was taken from the W. Jackson St. entrance to the Square and shows the bandstand without any roof. The stone pillars are topped by lights with round globes. Several small trees have been planted after the wind storm of 1967 toppled all the…

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1969 color photograph of leafless elm trees and an uncovered bandstand in the middle of the Woodstock Square Park, Woodstock, Illinois. In the background are mulit-story brick buildings located on Benton, Cass and Main Streets, Woodstock, Illinois.
Roofless bandstand showing Cass St and part of Main St in the background. Visible signs include Wien's Women's Wear, Ben Franklin dime store, Woodstock True Value [Laing's] Gibson's Rexall drug store, and Dacy Electric.

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Circa 1976 color photograph of a covered bandstand and a soldier monument in the middle of the Woodstock Square, Woodstock, Illinois. In the background is the old brick courthouse on Johnson Street.
Bunting decorates the bandstand probably for Memorial Day. The flag is at half-staff. The bandstand was renovated in 1976 to this design in order to improve acoustics.
The bench style show that it was before the new benches provided by Columbia…

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1997 color photograph of several multi-story brick buildings on Benton Street, Woodstock, Illinois. There are several cars parked on a brick-paved road.
North Benton street store buildings in two photos--the second one is a close up one is a close-up.

100-108 N. Benton Murphy Building
110 N. Benton Studio 2015
112 N. Benton Stone's
114 N. Benton Lloyd's Paint N Paper
116 N. Benton Uptown…

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Circa 1996 color photograph of two buildings on Van Buren Street, Woodstock, Illinois. One building is in the process of having its facade removed and has scaffolding erected.
After Bohn's Ace Hardware moved to Route 47 and into the old A&P grocery store, this building remained vacant. It was used in 1992 by Columbia Pictures to house movie extras. Jim took this photo when only the B remained. The windows have already been…

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Circa 1996 color photograph of building renovation plan image for 113 Van Buren Street, Woodstock, Illinois. The building plan image is displayed in a ground floor window of the building.
This closeup of the architect's drawing of what the finished façade will look like is framed by scaffolding.

113 Van Buren

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Circa 1968 color photograph of house located at 602 North Street.
This home was built by Simon Brink in 1868 and remained in the Brink family until the death of Amy Brink in 2002. It was the first house to receive a plaque and citation in 1975 by the Woodstock Bicentennial Commission.

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Circa 1984 color photograph of a building on Cass Street, Woodstock, Illinois. Workers can be seen on a platform working to remove paint from the brick building.
The Caldwell, Berner & Caldwell building on Cass St is having paint removed and awnings replaced before Accent Video moves in. Signs visible include Wiens at 108 Cass and Memorial Hospital Gift & Thrift store at 207 N. Benton. Mary Ellen Keefe acted…

Circa 1990 color photograph of a building on Cass Street, Woodstock, Illinois. Several automobiles are parked in front of the building on the brick-paved street.
Easy Travel and Town Square Realty shared this building between 1987 and 1991--the only clues to the date of the photo. The cars are of the same vintage. The vertical sign for the Hotel and the second floor is between the two businesses.

112 Cass…

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1993 color photograph of a building on Cass Street, Woodstock, Illinois.
Another in the series of photos Jim Keefe took on Memorial Day 1993 (see ID 391) Cass St. businesses include the Galleria, Northern Federal Savings Bank, Concorde Inn and Town Square Realty.

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Circa 1993 color photograph of buildings on Cass Street, Woodstock, Illinois.
Cass Street from the corner of Main to Benton taken the morning of Memorial Day 1993. The Tip Top Café, named after the same location in the movie Groundhog Day, has red-striped awnings. The restaurant lasted only a short time--none of the subsequent…

1962 color photograph of old church building located on the corner Church and Jefferson Streets, Woodstock, Illinois just prior to demolition. At this time, the old church building was being used by the Dacy Lumber Company.
First in a series covering the demolition of the first church built in Woodstock that was being used for storage by Dacy Lumber company. A National Tea Company grocery store was built on the site with 220 N. Jefferson as the address.

The church…

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1962 color photograph of old church building located on the corner Church and Jefferson Streets, Woodstock, Illinois just prior to demolition. At this time, the old church building was being used by the Dacy Lumber Company.
Second in the series documenting the demolition of the first church in Woodstock on Church & Jefferson Streets. This shows the church front and south façade. A large covered shed used by Dacy Lumber Company for storing lumber is the first building to…

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1962 color photograph of old church building located on the corner Church and Jefferson Streets, Woodstock, Illinois in the process of being demolished. At this time, the old church building was being used by the Dacy Lumber Company.
Third in the series of the demoltion of the first church and Dacy Lumber Company buildings to make room for the National Tea grocery store on the corner of Church & Jefferson.

The large shed and the old house are gone revealing a small shed with…

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1962 color photograph of old church building located on the corner Church and Jefferson Streets, Woodstock, Illinois in the process of being demolished. At this time, the old church building was being used by the Dacy Lumber Company.
The next photo in the series covering the demolition of the first church and Dacy Lumber Company is not clear enough to enlarge to the 5x7 format. The roof has been removed and the steeple is toppling.

This view is from N. Jefferson

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1962 color photograph of old church building located on the corner Church and Jefferson Streets, Woodstock, Illinois in the process of being demolished. In this photograph the old steeple is tumbling. At this time, the old church building was being used by the Dacy Lumber Company.
This blurry photo ( number 5 in the series) is taken from the demolition site. The steeple is toppling. The businesses on Church St. are now visible.

109 Church: Sherburne Bowling
201 Church: National Auto Parts

1962 color photograph of old church building located on the corner Church and Jefferson Streets, Woodstock, Illinois in the process of being demolished. At this time, the old church building was being used by the Dacy Lumber Company.
Final photo in the series taken from the Madison street side of the demolition looking toward Church St.

The very last wall of the church is coming down. The house that is visible across the street to the left of the tree is still there, but…

1962 color photograph of plaque that reads "The site of the first religious edifice in Woodstock, the Presbyterian Church, organized Feb. 23, 1846."
The site of the first religious edifice in Woodstock, the Presbyterian Church, organized Feb. 23, 1846.
Presented by Kishwaukee Trail Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution 1962.

This plaque was on the Jefferson St side of the grocery…

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Circa 1990 color photograph of the Old Courthouse on Johnon Street, Woodstock, Illinois taken from the Woodstock Square Park.
Like the others in this series (ID 387-390) this photo of the red maples is timeless and could have been taken today.

Courthouse
Sheriff's House
Square Park

The style of awning is the same as in the movie photos of the courthouse.

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1998 color photograph of two buildings on Johnson Street, Woodstock, Illinois, the old McHenry County Courthouse and the old Sheriff's Residence and jail.
This photo of the Old Courthouse and Jail was printed in the Copy Express calendar in 1998. Jim Keefe saved the page and wrote on the back "On the way to church, I took this picture one morning."

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Circa 1993 color photograph of the old courthouse on Cass Street, Woodstock, Illinois. The photograph was taken from the Woodstock City Square Park.
This photo was taken early in the morning of Memorial Day 1993. The square park looks as if it were the front lawn of the Old Courthouse. The awnings have green stripes and there is a canvas canopy over the restaurant entrance.

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1997 color photograph of the Die Cast Manufacturing plant smokestack being demolished. Woodstock, Illinois. There are many spectators watching from a parking lot.
This series of five photos show the day the Die Cast smokestack was demolished. A large percentage of Woodstock folks watched the event.

Jim started with a picture of the Woodstock Square taken near the E. Jackson St entrance that shows the…

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Color photograph of heavy equipment being used to demolish a building at the Woodstock Die Casting site in May, 1997. Woodstock, Illinois.
These two photos show men preparing heavy equipment to demolish the buildings on the Woodstock Die Casting site in May 1997.

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1997 color photograph of an industrial area in Woodstock, Illinois.
The Woodstock Die Cast site was surrounded by Clay, Newell, First and Wheeler Streets. The first factory building was constructed in 1894 for the Tappan & Wheeler Steam Pump Company. Woodstock had offered incentives for this company to relocate from…

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1997 color photograph of an industrial building in Woodstock, Illinois.
This second series of Die Cast site photos shows the neighborhood around the factory.
Die Cast Site 6 was taken on Clay St looking south toward the factory at the intersection of First St. The white residence at 703 Clay St is still standing.
Die…

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1992 color photograph of a burned out building on Main Street, Woodstock, Illinois.
Duffy's Tavern caught fire the evening of May 22, 1992, near the end of the filming of Groundhog Day. Duffy's address was on Benton St but this is taken on Main St.

This photo was taken after the fire was struck. Firemen are still on the…

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Circa 1984 color photograph of a two story house. In the foreground is a mailbox next to the sidewalk.
This house at the corner of Calhoun and Nebraska has two addresses--534 S. Nebraska and 535 E. Calhoun. This is the house featured in ID 117 and was the home of Gus Persson, the photographer in many of our collection.

Jim Keefe took this photo in…

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1969 color photograph of houses near the corner of Tryon and Jackson Streets, Woodstock, Illinois. A few 1960s era cars are parked and driving on Jackson Street.
Three large homes on the south side of Jackson St that were demolished soon after this photo was taken to make room for the First National Bank (225 W Jackson) building and parking lots.

The street sign for the corner of Jackson and Tryon is made…

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1984 color photograph of Jefferson Street, just east of the Woodstock Square, Woodstock, Illinois. Several 1970-1980 era cars are on the road and in the background are several three and four story brick buildings.
Taken the same time as the construction of the addition to the State Bank of Woodstoc, this photo shows the businesses on N. Jefferson St. behind the Square.

108 S. Jefferson: Home Federal Savings Bank of Elgin
114 S. Jefferson

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1972 black and white photograph of buildings on the southwest corner of the Woodstock Square, Woodstock, Illinois. Several 1960-1970 era cars are parked on the brick paved road.
Jim Keefe’s Tour of Woodstock 1972

These proof sheets are photos Jim Keefe took in 1972. There are additional color photos in the Keefe Slides in History Photos. The new Government Center was being built on N. Seminary. City Hall was going to…

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1997 color photograph of five children wearing rollerblades and sitting on a park bench in the Woodstock Square park. In the background are two and three story brick buildings.
Three other kids have joined the two boys from ID 411 and are resting on a bench in the Square. What a way to enjoy a spring day.

These kids were identified in August 2019 by "Annie" who responded to the photo published as the Photo Detective in…

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1993 color photograph of a crowd of people sitting and standing around a bandstand in the middle of the Woodstock Square Park, Woodstock, Illinois. A man is standing on the bandstand making a speech.
This series of 7 photos was taken the first Memorial Day after the Square was restored by Columbia Pictures following the filming of Groundhog Day.The bandstand is decorated with bunting, spectators line the sidewalks or sit in lawn chairs. In photos…

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Circa 1969 color photograph of the Montgomery Ward Building located on Johnson Street, Woodstock, Illinois. There are several cars parked on the street in front of the building.
Montgomery Ward department store taken from inside the Square where there is one large tree and two small, newly planted trees.
110 S. Johnson

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Circa 1990 color photography of the Woodstock Opera House building located on Van Buren Street, Woodstock, Illinois. The photograph was taken from the Woodstock Square Park and the leaves are beginning to turn fall colors.
Possibly taken the same day as Item #292, this photo was taken from behind the Spring House. It shows the maple trees and shrubs in full color.

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1993 color photograph of the Woodstock Opera House building located on Van Buren Street, Woodstock, Illinois. The photograph was taken from thw Woodstock Square Park.
The Spring House, Opera House and a partially obscured soldier's monument are featured in the 9th photo in Jim Keefe's series taken on Memorial Day 1993.

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1997 color photograph of the Woodstock Opera House building located on Van Buren Street, Woodstock, Illinois. The photo was taken from the Woodstock Square Park.
This photo continues the trip around the Square that Jim Keefe took on the day the Die Cast smokestack was demolished. It shows the Opera House from the vantage point of the Spring House. The trees that were planted in 1993 are still small.

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Opera House in fall 1990s.tif
This photo was taken from the entrance to the Spring House with the diagonal brick sidewalk lined up with the edge of the Opera House. The crimson maples are emphasized on the sunlight.

The bench style identifies this as before 1992 when Columbia…

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August 4, 1997 color photograph of the installation of the reconstructed portico for the Woodstock Opera House building. This photo shows cranes in front of the Opera House building.
This series of 11 photos show the progression of the reconstruction of the Opera House portico on August 4, 1997. John Schares and the Opera House staff designed the structure, closely following the original. The Opera House renovation in 1977 had…

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1998 color photograph of the new replacement portico that was installed on to the Opera House buidling a year earlier.
Taken nearly a year after the construction of the portico, this photo shows the completed project with the lights.

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1993 color photograph of buildings on Cass and Main Streets. The photograph was taken from the bandstand in the middle of the Woodstock Square Park, Woodstock Illinois.
This panorama was taken from the bandstand with the posts framing Town Square Realty on the left to Sewing Concepts on the right. Main St stretches down to the train depot.

None of the details are very clear especially when enlarging the photo.

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1993 color photograph of the north-west corner of the Woodstock Square Park taken from the Square Park bandstand. In the background are two and three story brick buildings on Cass and Johnson Streets.
This panorama was taken from the bandstand showing Cass St west of Main plus the Sheriff's House on Johnson.

Signs and are not any easier to read when the photo is enlarged.

112 Cass Town Square Realty
Concorde Inn (Hotel sign)…

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1993 color photograph of the Woodstock Public Square looking south-east from the Square Square Park bandstand. the main focus of the photograph is a large soldier statue and the decorative Springhouse building. In the background are two and three story brick buildings on Benton and Van Buren Streets.
Taken from the bandstand, this photo shows a closeup of the soldier's monument (without his head) and the bandstand.

The buildings on S. Benton and Van Buren are visible in the distance. The Bohn's Hardware sign is obscured by the tree. Angelo's…

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1996 color aerial photograph of the Woodstock Square, Woodstock, Illinois. The prominent buildings seen are the Woodstock Opera House, The Old McHenry County Courthouse, the decorative Springhouse and City Hall.
Jim Keefe's office was on Jefferson St. fairly close to where this photo was taken. His son Patrick was on the fire department, so perhaps he had access to a hook & ladder truck to take it.
The two photos are taped together to make the treeline in…

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1993 color photograph of the Woodstock Square Park taken from the west side of Johnson Street. Prominent in the center of the photograph is a large soldier statue and the Square Park Bandstand. In the background are two, three and four story brick buildings.
This panorama shows the W. Jackson St. entrance (and a great deal of the Johnson St bricks. The buildings in the park and in the background on Benton & VanBuren are too far away to be useful.

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1969 color photograph of the Woodstock Square Park, Woodstock, Illinois. Prominent in the photograph is a large soldier statue in the center of the park. In the background can be seen two and three story brick buildings.
View of the back of the Civil War soldier's monument with North Benton street in the background. Visible signs include Lloyd's, Stone's, and First National Bank. Note the small trees that were recently planted after the 1967 storm.

The arches…

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2000 color photograph of workers installing a marble slab with the names of the Civil War soldiers who lost their lives during the war to the base of a soldier monument in the Woodstock Square Park, Woodstock, Illinois. In the background can be seen a bandstand in the park and further away, the old McHenry County Courthouse.
In this series of eight photos, Jim Clegg, Jim Zoia and several newspaper reporters and photographers supervise the installation of the names of the Civil War soldiers who lost their lives during the war. Jim Clegg was the person who started the…

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1976 color photograph of construction of the replica of the Spring House structure in the Woodstock Square Park, Woodstock, Ilinois. The original structure built in 1872 was torn down in 1939.
Jim Keefe took this photo during the construction of the replica of the Spring House. The original building from 1872 was torn down in the 1939 having become so hazardous that the demolition entailed pushing it over.

This rebuilding was led by…

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1990s color photograph of the Springhouse structure in the Woodstock Sqaure Park. In the background are two and three story brick buildings.
Spring House in the park with leafless trees except for the red maples.

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Circa 1976-1992 color photograph of the Woodstock Square Park in summer. The main focal points are a bandstand and large soldier statue in the center of the park. In the background is a three story brick building.
Square park photo taken from near the west entrance. This is approximately where the Gobbler's Knob was built in 1992 for the filming Groundhog Day.

Shows the bandstand, back of the soldier's monument and a glimpse of the Spring House.

This…

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1989 color photograph of the remains of a church after a destructive fire. The church was located on the north-west corner of Calhoun and Jefferson Streets, Woodstock, Ilinois. In the background are varioius buildings and the tower of the Opera House building can be seen in the distance.
St John's Lutheran church had moved to Seminary Avenue and Bohn's Ace hardware used the building for storage. On December 31, 1989 the church on the corner of Calhoun and Jefferson streets burned to the ground. This photo was taken early on New…

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