This database has many of his photographs.

After his death in 1932, the studio was sold to Bransby Brothers. Unfortunately, the building (one of the last wooden buildings on the Square) burned in 1936 and all his negatives were destroyed. The one story building at 106 Cass is on the site of the fire.
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Hoy’s Pharmacy was in business for many years, succeeded by Pfeiffer’s, Gibson’s and other drug stores such as Hubert's and Schroeder's an. This became “Rexall Drugs” for the movie Groundhog Day. Woodstock Illinois]]> Tripp]]> NO COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY

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Businesses visible include J. Rait Clothing Company, A. D. Osborne, and the Pleasure Club on the upper floors. J. Rait does not appear in either the 1914 nor 1916 city directories. The clothing styles are pre-World War I.

The photographer is unknown. The postcard was printed after 1907 when regulations allowed the reverse side to be divided so that the address and a message could both be included.

100 1/2 Cass St. Pleasure Club
104 Cass A.D. Osborne Hardware
106 Cass St. J. Rait Clothing
108 Cass Stone & Son Shoes
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In Postcards notebook]]> Neill Donnelly's store was demolished in 1887 to make room for the Sheriff's House.
Neill Donnelly retired as Sheriff in 1851 and started in general merchandizing until his death in 1889. His General Store, also known as the N. Donnelly Cheap Cash Store, was built at approximately the same time as the courthouse in 1857.
Sentinel sign shows in the 1866 photo of the north east side of the Square ID 33. However, in that photo the business is Drugs, Medicines, Books & Stationery.
In 1869, the Woodstock Sentinel lists the advertisers in the Excelsior Block (100 Cass): No. 2 Sherwood Dry Goods and No. 4 E. A. Murphy & Co. Dry Goods. The Sentinel was No. 1 Excelsior Block.
100 Cass Woodstock Sentinel
115 N. Johnson Neill Donnelly's General Store]]> Medlar Studios, Woodstock]]> NO COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY

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In Oversized Photo box with a print in the Square & Main Street to 1900 notebook]]> 110 S. Johnson: Misses Donnelly Hat Shop is decorated as well.]]> Tripp Photo, Woodstock]]> Tripp Photo, Woodstock]]> The Benton Street buildings are decorated with bunting and flags and people sit in the open windows.
101 S. Benton: State Bank of Woodstock
100 N. Benton: American National Bank
102 N. Benton: Murphy & Doering General Merchandise
106 N. Benton: Lencioni & Bertolozzi Ice Cream and Candy
108 N. Benton: C. F. Thorne & Son Haberdashers
110 N. Benton: Barber shop
112 N. Benton: E. E. Stone Drug Store

MIDDLE IMAGE - This is the middle photo of the Welcome Home celebration on June 10, 1919 that can be put together with LEFT & RIGHT images for a panorama. The edges and sidewalks on the east side of Square Park are filled with people waiting for the parade. Pennants fly around the edge of the park. There is a refreshment stand near the edge.

RIGHT IMAGE - Third in the series of photos that, when put together with LEFT & MIDDLE images 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 the bandstand.
110 S. Johnson: Misses Donnelly Hat Shop is decorated as well]]> Tripp, Melvin G.]]> NO COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY

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In Photos 1900-1920 notebook]]> 100 Cass: Hoy's Pharmacy
102 Cass: Farmer's Exchange Bank (also run by M. D. Hoy & Sons)
104 Cass: A. D. Osborne general merchandise
209 N. Benton: Woodstock Sentinel

Also partially visible, hidden under the banners: S from Medlar's and C from Woodstock Pleasure Club under the roof.
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In Photos 1900-1920 notebook]]> Three boys stand on the sidewalk in front of Stone & Son Shoe Store on June 10, 1919 decorated for the Welcome Home celebration.This was the last frame building on the square until it burned down in 1936.
"Most Recent Bad Fire The last fire of considerable consequence was the burning of the building at the corner of Main and Cass streets in zero temperature on the morning of Jan. 28, 1936. This old building, memorable because of its long standing on that corner for between 80 and 90 years, had for years been devoted to the boot and shoe business, but housed several different establishments at the time of its destruction. Its early tenants were Josiah Dwight, William H. Dwight, Cowlin & Dwight, Cowlin, Forrest & Dwight, Henry A. Stone, Stone & Hart and H. A. Stone & Son, in the order named, who there dispensed footwear, to the public for more than half a century, and after the death of H. A. Stone it was conducted for some time by his son, Lynn F. Stone. About 30 years ago the west side of the store became the quarters of the McHenry County State bank, which, under the management of John D. Donovan and his associates, did a thriving business there until its removal to what was formerly the Whitson hardware store on Benton street. The tenants at the time of the fire, which destroyed this old landmark were the Corner tavern, Boehart's tavern, Lindvall's shoe repair shop, Bransby's studio, Readel's lunch room, and Miss Rita Ritzer, who had rooms on the second floor. The total loss was estimated at $30,000, with very little insurance. Among the valuables lost in the fire were many old-time negatives in the photograph studio on the second floor which was originally conducted by G. A. Burbank and later by Melvin G. Tripp, which never can be replaced and which should have been preserved in a fire-proof compartment." [Woodstock Sentinel 3-13-1937 Sec. 3 p.1]
The west portion of the building housed the McHenry County State Bank beginning in 1903. It had moved to 114 N. Benton by 1914.]]> Tripp Photo, Woodstock]]> NO COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY

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]]> 126 Cass: F. W. Woolworth Co. which opened Sept. 28, 1928. The old frame building on this site, known as the Austin property, was torn down in April of the same year. Woolworth's remained here until 1965. At that time, Ackemann's Department Store of Elgin remodelled the building.
128 Cass: True Value Hardware
130 Cass: Vogue Shop & Hugh Deneen, atty.
132 Cass: Trackett’s Bakery (1940-1950)
136 Cass: L. A. Barmann "The Style Shop"
138 Cass: Knuth's Sandwich Shop and Ice Cream started here in 1930 and moved to 105 Van Buren in 1948, taking over a Sporting Goods store.
140 Cass: Elk's Club, built in 1923

The message on back:Aug. 16, 1947
"Red", Catherine & Charles & I went to Fontana, Wis, to swim then drove here & saw "73 Rue Madeline" and "The Devil Thumbs a Ride." Stopped at Belvedire for a soda.
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]]> Buildings on Johnson Street include the first Montgomery Ward department store before the addition extended to building to the corner and the Misses Donnelly hat shop.
113 S. Benton: Woodstock Dry Goods
101 E. Van Buren
103 E. Van Buren: Stafford Furniture and Undertaking
105 E. Van Buren
107 E. Van Buren
109 E. Van Buren: A. S. Wright Red Front Drug Store, Drugs and Books
111 E. Van Buren: E. J. Field Hardware
113 E. Van Buren
115 E. Van Buren:
117 E. Van Buren: Bodenschatz "Busy Corner" Grocery
100 Johnson Misses Donnelly Hat Shop
110 Johnson: Montgomery Ward]]> Tripp Photo, Woodstock]]> NO COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY

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In Photos 1921-1950 notebook]]> The Spring House is boarded up for the winter. The Woodstock Opera House has the original portico and wood door for the fire department. A house is visible where the fire department addition was later erected. Central School is also visible.
In the distance, the south side "Bunker Brothers" building has no third story or cupola.
A flag in the foreground leaves a ghostly image and a flag on a pole in the park by the entrance is blowing so much it created a blotch in the middle of the square. Another flag is visible on the far side of the square--the reason for the flags is as yet unknown. They are not in the photo taken March 27, 1930.
Three canons face outwards from the center near the Soldier Monument.
101 E. Van Buren
103 E. Van Buren Stafford Furniture and Undertaking
105 E. Van Buren
107 E. Van Buren
109 E. Van Buren A. S. Wright Red Front Drug Store, Drugs and Books
111 E. Van Buren E. J. Field Hardware
113 E. Van Buren
115 E. Van Buren]]> Tripp Photo, Woodstock]]> NO COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY

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In Photos 1921-1950 notebook]]> The winter cover for the fountain (triangle shaped object) is in the center. In the background, faint images of the spring house, E. Van Buren street buildings, City Hall, and two buildings west of city hall on Van Buren are visible. The brick building [Stage Left annex] was Chauncy Hill's blacksmith shop. The white frame building is at the location of 129 Van Buren.
The bandstand is located further west than today and has just a low platform with a short fence around it.
The United States presidential election of November 3, 1896, saw Republican William McKinley defeat Democrat William Jennings Bryan in a campaign considered by historians to be one of the most dramatic and complex in American history.]]> Tripp Photo, Woodstock]]> NO COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY

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In Square & Main Street to 1900 and also large copy in oversized box marked Tripp copied by Medlar]]> Sentinel [209 N. Benton]
Hoy Drugs and Medicines, Books and Stationery [100 Cass]
J. S. Medlar's Photograph Gallery [third floor 100 Cass]
Masonic Hall [100 Cass]
Building in the background on Benton is the F. W. Buell Flour and Feed Mill on Clay Street [301 Clay]
Square park in Winter
Wooden fence
Horses and buggies
Note how much bigger the trees are compared to the 1858 photo of the square & courthouse.]]> Medlar Studios, Woodstock]]> NO COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY]]> File Cabinet 6 Photos
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On the Benton Street side of the 100 Cass building, a very large neon sign identifies Pfeiffer Pharmacy with Drugs in enormous letters and Gainsborough Hair Nets at the bottom.

In the far background, Olmstead and Buell Feed Dealers on Clay Street is visible.]]> Tripp Photo, Woodstock]]> NO COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY

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In oversize photo box]]> Background shows the McHenry County Courthouse as it was designed by John Van Osdol before the addition of the north and south wings.The copper crown on the cupola is clearly visible. Neill Donnelly's store sign says N. Donnelly's General Store on the second floor with a large DEMOCRAT (newspaper) sign near the roof. The trees on the square have grown since 1858 and the fence has a single rope or chain above the wide flat boards between the posts. The sidewalk on Cass is made of wood and there is a stiff overhang supported by heavy wire over the sidewalk.
100 Cass
101 N. Johnson
115 N. Johnson
Building visible on Throop street at the west end of Cass is identified as a dwelling in the 1885 Sandborn map]]> Medlar Studios, Woodstock]]> NO COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY

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In Square & Main Street to 1900; original photo missing 7/2016]]> The gloom makes it impossible to read any signs.
Light poles, lights, and the fence around the park are visible.]]> Tripp Photo, Woodstock]]> NO COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY

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112 Cass Bowman Shoes
114 Cass Bates Smartwear
116 Cass First Savings and Loan Association
124 Cass F. W. Woolworth Co.]]> Woodstock Die Casting]]> NO COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY

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100 Cass Gibson's Rexall Drugs
100 1/2 U. S. Navy Recruiting Office]]> Woodstock Die Casting]]> NO COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY

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In Photos 1970-2002 notebook]]> The two photos are taped together to make the treeline in the background to the west line up.
From south to north in front of the trees: Methodist church, city hall and fire department, Opera House, post office/home state bank, a corner of Woodstock Square Mall, cupola of the Erastus Richards house on W. Jackson, the old courthouse, the surveyors house on W. Judd and the houses on the corner of W. Judd and Tryon.

Roofs in the foreground include Harris Bank, Divorce Busters, and the raw edge of the law offices on VanBuren.
To the right of E. Jackson is Village Cove, Beard & Stovall Men's Wear and Studio 2015.]]> Keefe, Jim]]> NO COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY

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

112 Cass Town Square Realty
Concorde Inn (Hotel sign) upstairs
118 Northern Federal Savings Bank
124 Cass Galleria
130 Cass
132 Cass
134 Cass
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]]> A large crowd is gathered both on the sidewalks on Benton Street and inside the Square park can be seen. The buildings include part of the Murphy's Block and the corner of Sherman block.
100 N. Benton Hotel Woodstock (upper floors)
102 N. Benton
104 N. Benton:
106 N. Benton: Ice Cream Parlor
101 S. Benton: Sherman Block. The store on the first level is having a Close Out Sale. In 1910, Sherman's Jewelry sold out and the State Bank of Woodstock moved in.]]> Tripp, Melvin G.]]> NO COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY

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100 Cass: Sentinel Office (upper floor)
102 Cass
104 Cass J. Dwight Osborne on awning
106 Cass
108 Cass frame building with gable still showing rather than flat business type frontage.
The date of this photo is probably earlier than 1899 when the Woodstock Pleasure Club was housed here. Other photos show their sign while this photo does not.
Barber pole in front of store on N. Benton street

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In Square and surrounding areas 1850-1900 notebook]]> Left to right:
118 N. Benton
116 N. Benton: Wittenberg & Bodenschatz Ice Cream Parlor
114 N. Benton: Whitson Brothers Hardware
112 N. Benton: E. E. Stone Drug Store
110 N. Benton: This store was divided into two stores. Sanborn maps show a barber shop and a harness shop. See photo ID 91.]]> Persson, Gus]]> NO COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY

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The McHenry County State Bank moved their business here in 1903 and subsequently moved to Benton St circa 1910. The H. A. Stone Shoe Store remained in business there until the 1936 fire.]]> NO COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY

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208 Main
210 Main
211 Main Street Princess Theatre marquee]]> Tripp Photo, Woodstock]]> File Cabinet 6 Photos
In Photos 1921-1950 notebook]]> Built in 1883 by Dr. Cassinus N. Kendall dentist, the building was specifically designed to house B. S. Austin's grocery store (see photo ID 62). Austin changed the awning in 1885. Kendall died May 9, 1893.
Two frame buildings, one on Cass and one on Main Street, are visible.
The Main Street side view shows the steep angle of the street as well as the windows and roof on the east side.

Notes from Nancy Baker: The 24’ by 65’ Kendall Block was completed in December of 1883. Dr. C.N. Kendall had his dentist’s office and living quarters on the second floor. In his office, Kendall had a Cereus plant that was quite newsworthy. The night –blooming Cereus is a desert plant that looks almost dead for most of the year, but for one midsummer’s night, an exquisitely scented, large waxy white flower opens. This attracted many visitors to Kendall’s office. In 1888, a newspaper advertised that Kendall was also the agent for the Clark Cycle Company. Kendall died suddenly in 1893 at the age of 54. He had been in good health and had attended a meeting at city hall shortly before his death.

Beneath Kendall’s office, on the first floor, was the B.S. Austin grocery store—a fixture at this corner for 30 years. Austin was assisted by his son and several other clerks and they delivered groceries throughout the City. Bart Austin was locally famous for his annual fireworks display on July 4th. The tradition began in 1881 and was still being reported in 1897.]]> Medlar Studios, Woodstock]]> NO COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY

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In Square and Main Street to 1900 notebook; original photo missing 7/2016]]> Peter Nester had not yet erected the building at 132-134 Cass, which he would do in 1903. According to Tom Willcockson's detailed map of 1902, the frame building on Throop Street just north of Cass was a blacksmith's shop. Kirk's research shows that this is the location of the first fire house that moved into the City Hall in 1890. The cleared area closest to the courthouse had been Zoia's marble shop.

The view northward is fascinating--gardens, sheds, and wood houses long-since demolished for brick businesses. Note the windmill on top of the old fire station (118 N. Throop, now Chop Suey Hut). It was built in the summer of 1881 [Sentinel 9/1/1881].

The original train depot (the current one was built in 1912) is visible as is one store front on the east side of Main Street. The smokestack in the far distance has not been identified.]]> NO COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY

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In Photos 1900-1920 notebook]]> The diagonal sidewalk from the west entrance passes by the (roofless) bandstand towards the Main St. entrance. The very small trees were replacements for the towering elm trees that were toppled by the storm of July 1967.

100 Cass Gibson's Pharmacy
104 Cass
106 Cass
108 Cass Wien's Women's Wear
114 N. Benton Lloyd's Paint N Paper
116 N. Benton
118 N. Benton]]> Woodstock Die Casting]]> NO COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY

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100 CassGibson's Rexall Drugs
106 Cass Woodstock True Value Hardware
116 N. Benton Buschkopf's Walgreen Agency
124 N. Benton Dacy Electric Zenith Applicance]]> Woodstock Die Casting]]> NO COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY

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In Photos 1970-2002 notebook]]> 116 N. Benton: G. Blakeslee
114 N. Benton: Hardware & Stoves
112 and 110 N. Benton
108 N. Benton: Boots and the man on the awning
Awnings were often wooden and not strong enough to withstand heavy snow, so had to be shoveled
Photo taken from Medlar's window from Cass street]]> Medlar Studios, Woodstock]]> NO COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY

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Original in Oversized Photos box. Print from scan in Square & Main Street to 1900 notebook]]> Next Door, the Petiet and Sahs Grocery moved in but was soon replaced by the National Tea Company.

112 Cass A. J. Dushnack's Restaurant
114 Petiet and Sahs Grocery

The details of this building match those in photo ID 124 with the exception of the one-way globes on the light pole.]]> Tripp Photo, Woodstock]]> NO COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY

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In Photos 1921-1950 notebook]]> Also visible are a portion of the Courthouse with the Sheriff's House on Johnson street and V. E. Jone's Boarding and Feed Stable on Throop Street.
114 Cass: N. P. Soto's Shoe Shining Parlor. Hats blocked and cleaned; shoe repairing (this business was owned by John Manus in the 1914 City Directory)
116 Cass:
118 Cass: The Wardrobe Pressing, Repairing, French Steam and Dry Cleaning, F. E. Diffendafer, proprietor and tailor
A sign further down Cass reads Furniture and Rugs.
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In Photos 1900-1920 notebook]]> The one at the intersection of Cass & Main shows a gabled roof, rather than the storefront façade (which shows up in the 1905 Sanborn map).
The most easily identifiable buildings in the background are the Buell & Olmstead Flour and Grain building (upper far left), the fancy design of the Waverly House Hotel at 212 Main street, and the Dacy Lumber storage building that was originally the first church on Jefferson st.

124 Cass: Diesel & Reichmuth Furniture and Undertaking.
Rudolph Diesel came from Germany in 1848, locating in Watertown NY for several years, then moving to southern Kentucky, before moving to Woodstock in 1860 where he conducted a business selling and manufacturing furniture and coffins, and providing undertaking services at 122 Cass for many years. The store’s large awning advertising furniture and undertaking appears in many old Woodstock photos. Diesel advertised that he also sold sewing machines.
In 1928, the Diesel building was demolished, along with the old clapboard sided boarding house with the white picket fence located to the west, to build a new F.W. Woolworth Company store. During the excavation, the skeleton of a baby was reported discovered, but the mystery remained unsolved.
The F. W. Woolworth store was constructed by local building contractor Henry Ohlrich. The building had an ornamental terra cotta façade and the trademark F.W. Woolworth Co. gold lettering. The western third of building was occupied by the A& P Tea Co. in 1930’s and by True Value Hardware in the 1940’s and early 50’s. The terra cotta was removed and replaced with brick in the 1970’s.

120 Cass: A. B. Pratt constructed the Pratt Meat Market building in 1899 on the site of the old McManus building. The front section of the McManus building had been moved down the hill from in front of 130 Cass Street when Cass Street was extended through to Throop Street. At the time of demolition, it was known as the A.B. Pratt & Son Meat Market. Prior to that it had been run as the Bradley and Bradley Meat Market and the Cash Meat Market. In the early 1920’s, John Asmus and his son Charlie were full time butchers for Reid Pratt. City directories list the building as the Asmus Meat Market in the 1930’s and 40’s (the Asmus Market later moved to 126 N. Benton) and the R.W. Schultz Meat Market in the 1950’s.[Nancy Baker]

118 Cass became the First Savings and Loan Association of Woodstock in the early 1960’s. The façade of 118 and 120 Cass were altered as the savings and loan expanded.
All visible in background on right:
108 Cass
106 Cass
104 Cass
102 Cass
100 Cass
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In Photos 1900-1920 notebook]]> View of nearly every building and business on Cass St. with cars parked in front in every parking space. Note the transom prism glass above the awnings in the Hoy Block (100-104)
100 Cass: Pfeiffer Pharmacy "For more than 65 years a Drug Store has been located in the Hoy Block on the corner of Cass and Benton streets. This store over the many years built up an enviable record in the dispensing of Drugs and Medicines, filling of Prescriptions and in the sale of those articles for personal use ordinarily sold in a Drug Store. It was in this store, then conducted by Mr. L. T. Hoy and under the management of Mr. Frank A. Daniels, that Raymond P. Pfeiffer, in 1911, began his apprenticeship as a Pharmacist. During the years 1913 and 1914 he attended the Northwestern University School of Pharmacy, after which he returned to the Hoy Drug Store to continue his employment. In 1919 Mr. Pfeiffer bought a half interest in the store, which was then known as The Hoy Pharmacy and in 1928 he acquired ownership of the store by the purchase from Mr. Hoy of the remaining half of this business, with its splendid record of service and since that time the store has been known as the Pfeiffer Pharmacy. This store has continued to go forward with a vision of continued and increased service to the people of this community. With the installation of Soda Fountain and Sandwich service in 1928, a complete modernization of the store interior followed and as always in the past, the aim of this store is to meet every worthwhile advance in the line of up-to-date merchandising which will rebound to the benefit of its patrons. Raymond P. Pfeiffer, R. Ph. [Sentinel 3-13-1937 Sec. 1 p 8] Became Hubert Pharmacy ca. 1946.
102 Cass: Cronin Style Shoppe (1938-46)
104 Cass: Bohn Hardware Co. "After leaving school Ernest Bohn entered the employ of one of the largest hardware stores at Madison, Wis., where he secured valuable training in all branches of the hardware line. In 1929 The Bohn Hardware entered upon its career of business in this city. These years have been marked with progress in merchandising. Additional lines have been added, attractive window displays have won prizes, and brought the store renown. Last spring two tons of bulk garden seed were sold, also the hardware for many of the finest homes in Woodstock has been selected from this store. SANTA CLAUS Is an annual visitor in Woodstock with headquarters at Bohn's. An entire basement floor is filled with an all year around display of toys and gifts of all kinds for young and old. Many new and novel items in household appliances and furnishings for any room in the home now on display in our store." [Sentinel 3-13-1937 Sec. 1 p 8] Bohn's moved to 111 Van Buren in 1952.
106 Cass: Royal Blue Food Market (Started in 1928 in the Zoia building moved here around 1938; closed by 1950)
108 Cass: Woodstock Clothing Co. "Society Brand Clothes" (1937-1940)
112 Cass: Wien's Women's Wear moved to 108 Cass by 1940)
114 Cass: National Tea Company moved from Benton St. into Wright's Red Front Drug Store in 1938 then moved to Church Street in 1953.
118 Cass: Pop's Tavern (1938-46)
120 Cass: Asmus Market. John Asmus and his son Charlie were butchers at Reid Pratt's market. They took over from Pratt in the 1930's and moved to 126 N. Benton in 1946.
122-126 Cass: F. W. Woolworth Co. which opened Sept. 28, 1928. The old frame building on this site, known as the Austin property, was torn down in April of the same year. Woolworth's remained here until 1965. At that time, Ackemann's Department Store of Elgin remodelled the building.
128 Cass: Great Atlantic & Pacific Co. (A & P) Sometime before 1937 to 1941 when it was replaced by True Value Hardware.
130 Cass: Hartley Rardin Insurance, Vincent S. Lumley, Attorney, Hugh Deneen, Attorney. Deneen had his office here for 60 years.
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Sesquicentennial scan for display. In Photos 1921-1950 notebook]]> The businesses on Cass include:
104 Cass Lang Hardware
106 Cass Ben Franklin 5 & Dime store
108 Wien's Womens Wear
112 Bowman Shoes with a neon Florsheim Shoes sign
Another neon sign over a bar is Hamm's Beer.

There are more cars here than in most of the other photos, including a cop car. Perhaps they are visiting the Benton Street restaurant at 120 N. Benton or the Budweiser Café at 126 N. Benton or the Early American Bakery at 122 N. Benton.]]> Public Works Department, Woodstock]]> NO COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY

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114 Cass Easy Travel]]> Keefe, Jim]]> NO COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY

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Notable buildings now demolished include the First Baptist Church at the intersection of Throop and W. Jackson, houses and gas stations along Throop street, houses on W. Jackson and Tryon where BMO Harris bank and parking lots are now, houses on Dean Street between the Opera House and South Street where the city hall parking lot is now located. Also the Odd Fellows building on W. Jackson was torn down for the bank expansion.
City Hall/Central School at 121 W. Calhoun was being used as the McHenry County Courthouse Annex. The building did not have the fire house addition but had a larger parking lot.
The movie theater was smaller with a narrow store building and the Main Street parking lot, now covered by Woodstock Classic Cinemas.

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