Browse Items (479 total)
- Collection: Historical Photographs
Sort by:
World War 1 Homecoming Celebration Welcome Home Parade, 1919
On June 10, 1919 the city of Woodstock Illinois hosted a Homecoming Celebration for McHenry County's returning soldiers, sailors and marines from World War I.
Woodstock's Singing Mouse
A mouse, caught at the Chicago Industrial Home for Children in Woodstock in 1936, brought fame and a bit of fortune to the city and the Children's Home.
An article in Time magazine, December 28, 1936, tells the best version of the…
An article in Time magazine, December 28, 1936, tells the best version of the…
Woodstock, IL Square Park
Several groups of people are seen the Square park, some on benches and some under the Spring House. The original fountain is in the center with the buildings on Benton Street in the background. The stately elm trees dominate the scene.
The…
The…
Woodstock, IL City Square Park - 1908
Colorized postcard titled City Park, Woodstock, Ill. published by United Art Publishing Co., New York City (Printed in Germany.
This view of the Square park is from the Johnson Street entrance, with the silhouette of the metal fountain in the…
This view of the Square park is from the Johnson Street entrance, with the silhouette of the metal fountain in the…
Woodstock, IL City Hall (Opera House) - L.T. Hoy
This colorized postcard shows the City Hall/Opera House sometime between 1889, when it was built, until 1912 when the Square streets were paved and new lights with globes were installed. The older type of light, with a tall pole and small lights…
Woodstock Workmen
The location of the brick structure behind them is not known but this negative was grouped with other photographs from the A.B. McConnell House at the corner of Jefferson and South Street in Woodstock Illinois.
This print was made from glass…
This print was made from glass…
Woodstock Typewriter Factory
300 N. Seminary
Emerson Typewriter Co. was founded in Momence, Illinois in 1909 and moved to Woodstock in 1910. City subscribers raised $30,000 to purchase the land and build this 25,000 square foot building. Alvah Roebuck (of Sears and Roebuck…
Emerson Typewriter Co. was founded in Momence, Illinois in 1909 and moved to Woodstock in 1910. City subscribers raised $30,000 to purchase the land and build this 25,000 square foot building. Alvah Roebuck (of Sears and Roebuck…
Woodstock Toddler at A.B. McConnell House
Unidentified toddler. This house is believed to be the A.B. McConnell House at the corner of Jefferson and South Street in Woodstock Illinois.
This print was made from glass negatives donated to the Woodstock Public Library. The photograph was…
This print was made from glass negatives donated to the Woodstock Public Library. The photograph was…
Woodstock Square Park Scene (with Green Frame)
The photograph in this postcard is identical to the postcard entitled "Spring House with address." This one has a green frame and was published by Suhling Company, Chicago.It was taken on a busy day showing horses and buggies tied up to the rope…
Woodstock Square Park
The photgrapher is standing on Van Buren near the corner of Dean Street to take this postcard photo mainly of trees in the Square park. Only a small portion of the American National Bank at 100 N. Benton is visibile.
The message is on the front…
The message is on the front…
Woodstock Square Park
This postcard seems to be a photo of trees with the Spring House tucked into the right corner. Part of the bandstand can barely be seen along with glimpses of the businesses on Cass Street. The sign on the bandstand advertizes a band concert.
The…
The…
Woodstock Square in the Winter, circa 1873-78
Square park in the snow showing part of the Bunker Block obscured by trees and a clear view of the public school (Central School). The spring house is barely visible. Two horses and an empty wagon are hitched to the rope outside the fence along the…
Woodstock Square Fire East Side 1872 South View
Fire August 27, 1872
The fire started by a disgruntled employee of Whitson's Hardware (124 N. Benton, now Lloyd's) and destroyed all of Benton street from E. Jackson to E. Judd. This photo was taken by Medlar, probably from his window on the upper…
The fire started by a disgruntled employee of Whitson's Hardware (124 N. Benton, now Lloyd's) and destroyed all of Benton street from E. Jackson to E. Judd. This photo was taken by Medlar, probably from his window on the upper…
Woodstock Square Fire East Side 1872 North View
The fire of August 27, 1872, destroyed all of the buildings on Benton street between E. Jackson and E. Judd. This photo shows the ruins with (blurred) views of the buildings on E. Judd Street which was known as Washington Street at that time.
220 N.…
220 N.…
Woodstock Square Bandstand, Circa 1910
The mature trees and the electricity in the bandstand show the passage of time. This bandstand was built in 1909 (it is not the current structure). The stonework of the bandstand is reflected in the stone pillars at the entrances of the Square. These…
Woodstock Public Square and Spring House - Teich
Curt Teich was one of the most prolific and popular postcard creators. He was prominent in the "Linen Period" in production style from 1930 to 1945. The post card has a textured look and is framed in white to reduce the amount of ink necessary to…
Woodstock Public Library, 1960
Opened in 1891, the library was originally located in the Woodstock Opera House. The library moved to its Judd Street location in 1959. The 4000 sq ft building was designed by local architect William Fyfe, a former student of Frank Lloyd Wright. The…
Woodstock Public Library, 1959
Opened in 1891, the library was originally located in the Woodstock Opera House. The library moved to its Judd Street location in 1959. The 4000 sq ft building was designed by local architect William Fyfe, a former student of Frank Lloyd Wright. The…
Woodstock Public Library, 1948
The woman in the photograph is Library Assistant Jean West. We would love to identify the children in the photograph. If you know who any of them are please email to library@woodstockil.gov.
Opened in 1891, the library was originally located in…
Opened in 1891, the library was originally located in…
Woodstock Public Library, 1935
Opened in 1891, the library was originally located in the Woodstock Opera House. The library moved to its Judd Street location in 1959. The 4000 sq ft building was designed by local architect William Fyfe, a former student of Frank Lloyd Wright. The…
Woodstock Public Library, 1927
Opened in 1891, the library was originally located in the Woodstock Opera House. The library moved to its Judd Street location in 1959. The 4000 sq ft building was designed by local architect William Fyfe, a former student of Frank Lloyd Wright. The…
Woodstock Public Library - Librarian Edna Wienke, 1948
This photograph was taken in the Woodstock Public Library in 1948. At the time the library was located in the Opera House. The woman in the photograph is Librarian Edna Wienke. We would love to identify the children in the photograph. If you know who…
Woodstock Power and Light Plant - 1954
This photo of the Woodstock Power and Light Plant on Wheeler and First Streets is nearly identical to the Power Plant ca 1956 photo. The coal is stored behind a chain-link fence rather than a concrete wall. Neighboring houses are visible in the…
Woodstock Opera House & Bandstand
The Opera House was finished in 1890 and this is one of the oldest photographs of it. The picture shows the bandstand as it looked before the 1909 structure. The houses and shops on the southwest side of the Square (where Woodstock Square Mall is…
Woodstock Hospital, 1937
527 W. South Street
Woodstock Hospital was moved from Clay Street to the Judge Theodore Murphy home at 527 W. South Street in 1915. This photo shows the Bentley Wing that was built in 1937 in front of the original building.
The name of the…
Woodstock Hospital was moved from Clay Street to the Judge Theodore Murphy home at 527 W. South Street in 1915. This photo shows the Bentley Wing that was built in 1937 in front of the original building.
The name of the…
Woodstock Hospital Postcard 1914
In 1914, the newly formed Woodstock Hospital Association took over Dr. Hyde West's private hospital at 417 Clay Street. The hospital remained here only one year, moving to the Judge Theodore Murphy home at 527 W. South Street in 1915.
The American…
The American…
Woodstock High School Class of 1937
Eldon Segrist, Helene Reed, Ellen Peacock, Marian Phillipp, Nicholas Polizzi, Althea Schmidt, Clarence Aavang, Pearl Downing, Halold Kristensen, Dorothy Martin, Wilbur Benoy, Donna Traphagan, Marian Simmons, Charles Mansfield, Valeria Steinmitz,…
Woodstock High School Class of 1936
JOHN IRA COE, SYLVIS NOLAN, PATRICIA MURPHEY, ROBERT SCHNEIDER, DOROTHY WREDE, NORMA WHITE, EDMUND SKONEY, OLIVE HANSMAN, NORMAN HALL, DOROTHY PETEIT, EDWARD GORENFLO, CHARLES WOLF, RUSSELL GASSER, GUNNAR HANSON, ROBERT JOHNSON, BURTON McBROOM,…
Woodstock High School Class of 1930
WOODSTOCK COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1930
WESLEY BREWER, CAROL CARMACK, PAUL HYDEN, ROSELLA LANG, DELMAR LICHTY, LE0RA WILDER, DONALD TAPPEN, CAROL NEINSTEDT, CAROLINE ANDERSON, GLADYS MIKKELSEN, RAYMOND FRANCISCO, ERNEST W. BATES, JR., JOHN…
WESLEY BREWER, CAROL CARMACK, PAUL HYDEN, ROSELLA LANG, DELMAR LICHTY, LE0RA WILDER, DONALD TAPPEN, CAROL NEINSTEDT, CAROLINE ANDERSON, GLADYS MIKKELSEN, RAYMOND FRANCISCO, ERNEST W. BATES, JR., JOHN…
Woodstock High School Baseball Team in 1923
L-R Back Row: Larry Reed, Fred Wells, Clarence Olson, Karl Moritz, Lynn Sweetland, John McConnell, Elmer Miner, George Moriarty, Caroll Sherburne, Clarence Foote, Howard Courier
Front: Irvin Hecht, Dwight Stussey, Kenneth Gay, Raymond Jensen.
Front: Irvin Hecht, Dwight Stussey, Kenneth Gay, Raymond Jensen.
Woodstock Dry Goods 1939
113 S. Benton: Woodstock Dry Goods Company in the Church Block, built by Malachi Church after his livery stable burned in the 1893 fire that destroyed all the buildings on South Benton to East Jackson. Church did not live to occupy the building, but…
Woodstock Die Casting Factory 1965 Peasley
The old Oliver Typewriter Company office "bungalow" sits alongside the Chicago and North Western railway tracks in front of a new façade of the Woodstock Die Casting factory. The photo was taken shortly before the bungalow was razed as part of a…
Woodstock Brewery & Bottling Works Fire
Washington Street
Woodstock Brewery & Bottling Works was founded about 1858 to bottle beer. A photo of the building is on page 15 of Headlight Sights & Scenes (ca. 1898) along with a history.
May 8 "Fire Wipes Out Main Building of Woodstock…
Woodstock Brewery & Bottling Works was founded about 1858 to bottle beer. A photo of the building is on page 15 of Headlight Sights & Scenes (ca. 1898) along with a history.
May 8 "Fire Wipes Out Main Building of Woodstock…
Woodstock at Night - Postcard
An eerie drawing of the Woodstock Square at night with three top-hatted and tipsy gentlemen daring to cross the park after a night out. A bubble over their heads shows musical notes and the refrain "Not afraid to go ho-ome in the da-ark."
The detail…
The detail…
Woodstock (IL) Square Park and Spring House Postcard (with message)
This photo is identical to the postcard entitled Woodstock Square Park Scene (with Green Frame). Since the postcard has the message on the front and space only for the address on the back, it is likely that the card was produced before 1907.
The…
The…
Woman with Dog
This print was made from glass negatives donated to the Woodstock Public Library. The photograph was taken at the Abraham (or Abram) Bodine McConnell House at the corner of Jefferson and South Street in Woodstock Illinois. A.B. McConnell was a son of…
Wind Storm Damage on South Street
This picture of the damage caused by a wind storm was taken on the corner of South and Dean Streets where the Christian Science Reading Room is now located. The Methodist Church to the right was built in 1871 and burned in 1923.
Willow looking east, Greenwood subdivision ca 1956
Willow Avenue in Greenwood subdivision is not yet paved. There are curbs and sidewalks, mailboxes and a few small ranch homes.
West side of Square from Cass street in snow
Out of focus photo of the north and west sides of the Square after a snowstorm. It was taken looking west from Medlar's studio on Cass Street.
Neill Donnelly's store was demolished in 1887 to make room for the Sheriff's House.
Neill Donnelly…
Neill Donnelly's store was demolished in 1887 to make room for the Sheriff's House.
Neill Donnelly…
West Judd looking west from Throop ca 1954
The first two houses on the left side of Judd Street are still standing but the third, the Merwin Funeral Home was demolished and replaced with an office building. Illinois Bell Telephone Co. built the building, then District 200 used it for many…
Welcome home Company G 1898
"When the electric sign up on the Murphy block, which read 'Welcome Home' when Company G returned from the Spanish American war. That sign caused almost as much excitement as the actual return of the soldier boys themselves, and how proud everyone…
Welcome Home Arch on Main Street World War 1 Homecoming Celebration, 1919
On June 10, 1919 the city of Woodstock Illinois hosted a Homecoming Celebration for McHenry County's returning soldiers, sailors and marines from World War I.
The 'Welcome Home' arch was located on the south end of Main Street.
The 'Welcome Home' arch was located on the south end of Main Street.
Welcome Home 1919 State Bank & Oddfellows
Shows the corner of Cass and E. Jackson streets decorated for the Welcome Home celebration June 10, 1919. See Item #465: "Welcome Home 1919 train depot" for more information
101 S. Benton: State Bank of Woodstock with original crenelated tower of…
101 S. Benton: State Bank of Woodstock with original crenelated tower of…
Welcome Home 1919 Square Crowd panorama right
Third in the series of photos that, when put together with ID 103 and ID 104 make up a panorama. People are crossing Cass street from the north entrance to the Square park. Bunting and flags are hung over the street. A striped tent is visible as is…
Welcome Home 1919 Square Crowd panorama middle
This is the middle photo of the Welcome Home celebration on June 10, 1919 that can be put together with ID 103 and ID 105 for a panorama. The edges and sidewalks on the east side of Square Park are filled with people waiting for the parade. Pennants…
Welcome Home 1919 Square Crowd Panorama (left, middle & right)
LEFT IMAGE - The intersection of Cass and North Benton streets is lined with the crowd that is waiting for the parade to begin. The edge of the reviewing stand is visible along with the back of those sitting on the stand. The rest of the spectators…
Welcome Home 1919 parade
A series of photos of the parade on June 10,1919 showing soldiers walking in the parade, two photos of women and girls standing on Tryon Street (with the side of the house at 301 W. Jackson) and one of the WHS contingent on Throop Street.
PARADE…
PARADE…
Welcome Home 1919 Opera House
The Opera House is decorated for the June 10, 1919 celebration.
The Woodstock Sentinel June 12, 1919 p6:
Pavement Dancing
Between the hours of 3 and 5 in the afternoon and 10 and 12 in the evening, dancing was enjoyed on the pavement between…
The Woodstock Sentinel June 12, 1919 p6:
Pavement Dancing
Between the hours of 3 and 5 in the afternoon and 10 and 12 in the evening, dancing was enjoyed on the pavement between…
Welcome Home 1919 Murphy Block
Continuing the tour of the decorations around the Square, this shows Murphy Block and 110 N. Benton.
100 N. Benton: American National Bank
102 N. Benton: Murphy & Doering General Merchandise
106 N. Benton: Lencioni & Bertolozzi Ice Cream and…
100 N. Benton: American National Bank
102 N. Benton: Murphy & Doering General Merchandise
106 N. Benton: Lencioni & Bertolozzi Ice Cream and…
Welcome Home 1919 Main Street
Part of the series of the June 10, 1919 Welcome Home photos. See ID 100 for full Sentinel article.
Main Street is decked out for the celebration with a series of bunting and flags over the street, on the light poles and on the buildings. The Welcome…
Main Street is decked out for the celebration with a series of bunting and flags over the street, on the light poles and on the buildings. The Welcome…