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Armistice parade Nov. 11, 1918
5 photos in this file
The article in the incorrectly dated November 7, 1918 Woodstock Sentinel tells the story of the spontaneous celebration when the news of the Armistice in Europe was announced on November 11, 1918. These 5 photos, taken from…
The article in the incorrectly dated November 7, 1918 Woodstock Sentinel tells the story of the spontaneous celebration when the news of the Armistice in Europe was announced on November 11, 1918. These 5 photos, taken from…
Automobile Club on Main Street 1910
Six identical white Buick Model 10 Runabouts (1908-1910) and one dark Buick Model C (from 1905) are lined up in front of 217 Main Street. Names listed on the back of the photo include: Frank Wattles, Charles Thorne, Ray Beardsley, Bob Sharp, Fred and…
Automobile Club on Main Street 1910 (2)
Taken the same day as Automobile Club on Main Street 1910 (Item #59: "Automobile Club on Main Street 1910") this photo shows different buildings on the west side of Main Street. All are wood frame buildings and have been demolished and now house the…
Botts Welding
335 N. Eastwood Drive
Botts first appears in the 1948 City Directory
Photo shows water tower and standpipe
Could be dated by the automobile and truck in front
Botts first appears in the 1948 City Directory
Photo shows water tower and standpipe
Could be dated by the automobile and truck in front
Courthouse and Sheriff's House 1947-1954
This Medlar photo of the Courthouse and Sheriff's House is dated by the parking meters (after 1947) and the style of street lights (before 1954).
Early morning sunlight casts shadows of nearly leafless branches on the buildings.
The front entrance…
Early morning sunlight casts shadows of nearly leafless branches on the buildings.
The front entrance…
Dacy Lumber Jefferson St 1921
The Dacy Lumber Company purchased the Presbyterian Church on Church & Jefferson and removed the front entrance and steeple. It was used for storage.
This photo is labeled "Sight [sic] of Dacy Lumber-corner Church and Jefferson about 1920s" while…
This photo is labeled "Sight [sic] of Dacy Lumber-corner Church and Jefferson about 1920s" while…
Edgetown Motors
1010 Lake Avenue
Edgetown Motors automobile dealership was located at the intersection of Route 14 (now Lake Avenue) and Route 47. The signs outside and inside are all for Hudson automobiles. Edgetown became a Studebaker dealer around 1950. Note the…
Edgetown Motors automobile dealership was located at the intersection of Route 14 (now Lake Avenue) and Route 47. The signs outside and inside are all for Hudson automobiles. Edgetown became a Studebaker dealer around 1950. Note the…
Fire Department in front of Opera House
Woodstock Fire Department shown with two fire trucks in front of Woodstock Opera House. The truck on the left has been dated as ca. 1936.
Photo shows original wood doors and the Fire Department lettering over the doors as well as the original…
Photo shows original wood doors and the Fire Department lettering over the doors as well as the original…
Fire Department on Calhoun Street
Three fire trucks are parked in front of the Fire Department Garage on Calhoun Street. The department was moved here from the front of the Opera House when the addition was built in 1939. The two trucks on the right appear to be the same Seagrave…
Fire Department respirator
Photo of two fire trucks in front of the Fire Department garage on Calhoun St. Lee Dittman is holding a respirator. The Suitcase at his feet is labelled M. S. A. Chemox Breathing Apparatus.
First National Bank interior 1950
Interior of the newly remodeled First National Bank (101 N. Benton). Six giant Medlar photos are displayed on the wall. Several of the photos are now displayed in City Hall.
Amcore Bank scans (in History Photos) include a photo of this interior…
Amcore Bank scans (in History Photos) include a photo of this interior…
Hicksgas
1023 Lake Avenue
Hicksgas was founded by Harold Hicks in 1946. This photo was taken during the same time frame as the others at this intersection, so could be as late as 1953. In addition to the propane tanks, appliances such as a refrigerator,…
Hicksgas was founded by Harold Hicks in 1946. This photo was taken during the same time frame as the others at this intersection, so could be as late as 1953. In addition to the propane tanks, appliances such as a refrigerator,…
Judge Donnelly's Wake 1904
Photo taken inside the Opera House shows the auditorium with a standing room only crowd of men, most of whom have corncob pipes. It is unknown whether these are members of the opposition prophecying a loss, or supporters implying that the "wake" was…
Methodist church corner stone ca. 1923
Cornerstone laying of Methodist Church 201 W. South Street. The cars are lined up facing east on South Street. Throop street in the upper right hand corner shows trees that were cut down in order to widen the street for U. S. Route 14.
Side view of…
Side view of…
Methodist Episcopal Church interior
Methodist Episcopal church interior before the 1923 fire.The church was built in 1871 and burned Feb. 4, 1923. Leila Brooks Hockey is the organist and Bill Robinson is holding the book. The print is much more recent than when the photo was…
South Side School After Fire, 1919
120 W. South Street
The old brick South Side School burned Dec. 2 1919. Photo shows burned out shell. Central School (120 W. Calhoun St.) is visible in rear as well as a house no longer standing.
The school was erected in 1866, housing first…
The old brick South Side School burned Dec. 2 1919. Photo shows burned out shell. Central School (120 W. Calhoun St.) is visible in rear as well as a house no longer standing.
The school was erected in 1866, housing first…
Pageant on Central School Lawn, 1917
This photo was previously named Graduation on Central School Lawn
School children of various ages are seated in front of Central School (now City Hall) 121 W. Calhoun St.
A large number of the girls are dressed in white with white bows and some…
School children of various ages are seated in front of Central School (now City Hall) 121 W. Calhoun St.
A large number of the girls are dressed in white with white bows and some…
Route 14 near Doty Road ca 1953
Highway 14 looking east as the road approaches Doty Road. During a photo identification session in the 1990s, a note on the back says that there was a cemetery in the trees near the curve. This is the location of Centegra Hospital 3701 Doty…
Schulhof Plumbing Supplies
1300 S. Eastwood
Schulhof Wholesale Plumbing Supplies is on the same site as Olson's Jobbing House which was also a wholesale plumbing supply company and which was identified in the 1951 Sentinel Ad. Shulhof first appears in the 1958 City Directory…
Schulhof Wholesale Plumbing Supplies is on the same site as Olson's Jobbing House which was also a wholesale plumbing supply company and which was identified in the 1951 Sentinel Ad. Shulhof first appears in the 1958 City Directory…
Season's Greetings Square 1950
A Season's Greetings banner hangs over the East Jackson entrance to the square. The banner is festooned with evergreens and plowed snow blocks the sidewalk. The entrance pillars and banner frame the Courthouse and the soldier's monument. It makes a…
St Mary's interior ca 1950
Close up of St. Mary's church altar with the ornate marble altar placed so that the priest says Mass with his back to the congregation. Angels kneel on either side with multiple candles and a gold dome over the tabernacle. The ceiling dome frescoes…
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 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 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 Implement Co decorated truck 1922
Fred G. Bosshardt and Alvin E. Eppel stand beside the Woodstock Implement Company truck decorated with flags, for the Fourth of July parade.
The picture was taken at the corner of Clay and W. First streets.
The back of the truck has an elaborate…
The picture was taken at the corner of Clay and W. First streets.
The back of the truck has an elaborate…
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…
Map of Woodstock 1947
MAP FROM ZONING ORDINANCE WOODSTOCK ILLINOIS 1947
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1947 WAYNE H. MENTZER
LEGEND R-1 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT
R-2 MULTIPLE FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT
B-1 BUSINESS DISTRICT
I-1 INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
CLAY ST SCHOOL
TODD…
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1947 WAYNE H. MENTZER
LEGEND R-1 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT
R-2 MULTIPLE FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT
B-1 BUSINESS DISTRICT
I-1 INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
CLAY ST SCHOOL
TODD…
Bird's Eve View
Birds Eye View Woodstock, ILL.
Taken from the Public School on South Street that burned in 1921.
Upper left: Courthouse with smokestack behind it, probably Moncur's greenhouse but possibly Woodstock Brewery. To the right in the background Oliver…
Taken from the Public School on South Street that burned in 1921.
Upper left: Courthouse with smokestack behind it, probably Moncur's greenhouse but possibly Woodstock Brewery. To the right in the background Oliver…
Fourth of July Tug of War, 1910
This photo gives a good view of a large portion of Main Street’s east side to the edge of the Square. Note that the far building two stories. Also, this is a good view of the Waverly House (with balconies).
Borden's Condensed Milk Plant on Washington Street, 1908
In 1903, the Borden's Condensed Milk company sent a delegation which included representatives of the Chicago and North Western railway to search for a suitable site to build a factory in Woodstock. After consulting with prominent citizens, Mayor E.…
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…
Algonquin Hill Climb Persson 1909
Gus Persson often identified the photos by writing on the negative. This is lebeled Algonquin, Hill, Climb Aug. 5-09. At that time Gus worked at Oliver Typewriter and chronicled the activities sponsored by the company.
The photo is taken from a…
The photo is taken from a…
Algonquin Hill Climb-2 1909
The companion photo to ID443, the hill climb is over and spectators are walking downhill to Algonquin. Three men are perched in a large tree across the road. You can feel the heat--one woman has her umbrella open, another is shielding her face with …
Automobile on Nebraska and Calhoun corner
Four men ride in an automobile at the corner of Calhoun and Nebraska streets in 1909 while men lay gas pipes near the curb. The house belonged to Gus Persson--his daughter Mildren Luallen pointed out that you can see her brother's diapers drying on…
Bandstand and North side of Square ca. 1909
This bandstand, built in 1909, replaced the earlier wood frame platform that had been built in 1885/86 at the time the Spring City Band formed. It is built on a raised concrete platform with field rock foundation and pillars. This is not the current…
Boarding the train Oliver Typewriter picnic 1910
This photo is a closer view than photo Item #446: "Waiting for the Train Oliver Typwriter Picnic" and still from a high vantage point. The train has pulled into the station and Oliver Typewriter employees are gathered to enter. Near the front, some…
Connors & Stone Crystal Palace
208-210 Main Street
The Crystal Palace opened soon after the 1892 fire on Main Street. Due to ill health, H. J. Herdklotz sold the business (not the building) to Connors & Stone in 1901. In the 1914 City Directory, it is listed as the J. F. Connors…
The Crystal Palace opened soon after the 1892 fire on Main Street. Due to ill health, H. J. Herdklotz sold the business (not the building) to Connors & Stone in 1901. In the 1914 City Directory, it is listed as the J. F. Connors…
Fire at Armory 1910 from Calhoun St
This dark print of the same fire at the Woodstock Armory on Calhoun Street as in ID 438 is taken from a different angle and at an earlier time. The photographer is standing on Calhoun St and more of the back wall is standing. The house that was on…
Fire at Armory on Calhoun St 1910
The fire that destroyed the Armory on Calhoun Street in the early hours of November 12, 1910 was of unknown origin. Because it was made entirely of wood and the contents included ammunition, fire fighters did not try to save the building.
The…
The…
Grease Pole Climb 4th of July, 1910
One of the many contests that took place as part of the July Fourth celebration, a boy can be seen climbing the pole on South Benton, reaching about as high as the store awnings. This is one of the few photos that shows this particular part of the…
Ladies Foot Race 4th of July, 1910
Part of the big July Fourth celebration that Woodstock produced and invited all of McHenry County to attend. Six young ladies run down a dirt Benton Street. Five are wearing white dresses that flare up and show black stockings from the run while the…
Main Street ca 1910
Main Street looking south, taken between 1909 (new bandstand visible) and 1910 (Gem Theater at 220 Main). The businesses are similar to the other July 4, 1910 photos taken by Gus Persson but there are no decorations so it is taken sometime earlier…
Fourth of July Mule Race, 1910
Unlike the other photos in this series that show large crowds and excitement, this photo of Cass street with Benton street buildings in the background seems faded and dull. The street is nearly empty of spectators and only 3 mules are shown in the…
Oliver Typerwriter Band 4th of July, 1910
As part of the large July 4, 1910 celebration, the Oliver Typewriter Band leads the parade on Benton Street following the Parade Marshall on horseback. A small crowd watches from the sidewalk.
"The Oliver Typewriter band, which gets its name from…
"The Oliver Typewriter band, which gets its name from…
Train platform with seated boys
Men in suits, women in hats and long sleeves (although a few girls do not wear hats and their sleeves are elbow-length) and children wait on the platform for the train.The two boys seated on the platform are Arthur (looking toward the train) &…
Tug of War July Fourth 1910
People fill Main Street watching the Tug of War, however, no rope is visible. Notice the fashions worn by men, women and children. Bunting and flags decorate the buildings and a car (1905 Buick?) brings up the rear.
Taken from the west sidewalk,…
Taken from the west sidewalk,…
Waiting for the train Oliver Typewriter picnic
Shortly after the July fourth 1910 celebration, the next big social event was the Oliver Typewriter picnic. The ad in the July 21, 1910 Woodstock Sentinel: Oliver Typewriter Employe's Picnic to be held at Fox River Grove, Cary, Illinois Saturday July…
A&P on Van Buren ca 1954
The A&P Supermarket on Van Buren can be seen from an angle. The old blacksmith shop has a black glass façade but no sign identifying the occupants. An edge of the Post Office is visible as well as a low, long building on Throop St. that is difficult…
Bakkom's Hardware Jefferson St ca 1954
The intersection of E. Jackson and Jefferson streets, E.L. Bakkom's Hardware was located at 101-109 S. Jefferson.
An International Harvestor sign hangs on the corner of the building.Bakkom's Hardware building is the southernmost commercial building…
An International Harvestor sign hangs on the corner of the building.Bakkom's Hardware building is the southernmost commercial building…
Benton St at C&NW tracks ca 1954
This photo shows the north end of Benton at the railroad tracks and the sidewalk in front of three buildings that face the tracks. Church street crosses the tracks in the center of the photo. The train depot and a small building with a cover over the…