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1973 black and white photograph of a boy on the edge of the Woodstock Pool about to dive in.  In the background are people watching him.
The City Pool, named Peters Pool in 1994, had an L-shaped configuration with the deep end and diving boards on the short side. A young swimmer is ready to dive off the side of the pool.
The photo was taken for the Woodstock Die Casting employee…

1973 black and white photograph of a boy standing at the edge of the Woodstock Pool.  No other people are in the photograph.
A swimmer stands on the pool deck with the pool house behind him. He stands above the Deep Water sign on the short edge of the L-shaped pool.

The photo was taken for the Woodstock Die Casting employee newsletter "The Spotlite"

1972 black and white photo of an automobile decorated as a train engine on a brick paved street in the Woodstock Square, Woodstock, Illinois.  In the background are tow and three story brick buildings.
The Woodstock Die Casting newsletter editor took photos of events in Woodstock for the employee newsletter "The Spotlite." This shows the Square during Fair Diddley in May 1972. A truck decorated as a train is stopped on Benton St in front of Hogan's…

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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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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1972 black and white photograph of a field with two horse-drawn wagons in the distance at Emricson Park,  Woodstock, Illinois.
Woodstock Die Casting was the largest employer in town. Their employee picnic was held in the city park (now Emricson Park) with carnival rides, games and refreshments.
This long shot shows the baseball field and dugout with the pool house in the…

1972 black and white photograph of children riding a  miniature train ride at Emricson Park,  Woodstock, Illinois.
Woodstock Die Casting was the largest employer in town. Their employee picnic was held in the city park (now Emricson Park) with carnival rides, games and refreshments. The train ride on tracks (!) is set up under the trees with a Dean's Milk truck…

1972 black and white photograph of men standing in front of a rescue squad vehicle at Emricson Park,  Woodstock, Illinois.
Woodstock Die Casting was Woodstock's largest employer in 1972. So many people attended the event at City Park (now Emricson Park) that the Rescue Squad had two vehicles. A group of men line up in front of one van (the gentleman on the right is, I…

1972 black and white photograph of children riding ponies at Emricson Park,  Woodstock, Illinois.
Woodstock Die Casting was the largest employer in town. Their employee picnic was held in the city park (now Emricson Park) with carnival rides, games and refreshments. Pony rides were set up in the trees by Main Pavilion. Note the striped pants on…

1972 black and white photograph of a woman and a baby on a swing at Emricson Park,  Woodstock, Illinois.
A mom sits in a swing in the city park (now Emricson Park) holding an infant on her lap during the Die Cast picnic. It is take from the opposite direction as the Die Cast Picnic Airplane Ride photo which can be seen in the background.

1972 black and white photograph of children riding a carnival ride at Emricosn Park, Woodstock, Illinois.
Woodstock Die Casting was the largest employer in town. Their employee picnic was held in the city park (now Emricson Park) with carnival rides, games and refreshments. These photos were taken for the employee newsletter.
Small children ride in…

1972 black and white photograph of a horse drawn wagon ride at Emricson Park,  Woodstock, Illinois.  An adult is driving the wagon while several children sit in the wagon.
Woodstock Die Casting was the largest employer in town. Their employee picnic was held in the city park (now Emricson Park) with carnival rides, games and refreshments. Kids enjoy a ride on a wagon pulled by ponies that took them all around the park.

1972 black and white photograph of a people, carnival rides  and a swingset at Emricson Park,  Woodstock, Illinois.
Woodstock Die Casting employees' children line up for rides on the Ferris Wheel and Tilt-A-Whirl that were set up for the company's picnic in the City Park (now Emricson Park).
These photos were taken for the employee's newsletter "The Spotlite."

1972 black and white photograph of children participating and watching a gunny sack race at Emricson Park,  Woodstock, Illinois.
Woodstock Die Casting employee picnic with carnival rides, games and food. This gunny sack race is taking place on the baseball field. The cars are parked at the top of the hill. The toboggan slide, demolished when liability became of concern, is…

1972 black and white photography of peole riding a ferris wheel at  Emricson Park, Woodstock, Illinois.
Woodstock Die Casting was the largest employer in town. Their employee picnic was held in the city park (now Emricson Park) with carnival rides, games and refreshments.
The Ferris Wheel is photographed looking west with the old Bigelow farm house…

1972 black and white photograph of a family (mother, father and three young children) at at picnic in Emricson Park,  Woodstock, Illinois.
Woodstock Die Casting was the largest employer in town. Their employee picnic was held in the city park (now Emricson Park) with carnival rides, games and refreshments. This series of photos was taken to be used in the employee newsletter "The…

1972 black and white photograph of carnival rides at Emricson Park  Woodstock, Illinois.
Woodstock Die Casting was the largest employer in town. Their employee picnic was held in the city park (now Emricson Park) with carnival rides, games and refreshments.
This shows the Ferris Wheel, Tilt-A-Whirl and swings.

Circa  1970 black and white photography of children on a carnival ride. at Emricson Park  Woodstock, Illinois.
This polaroid photo was found with the other Die Cast picnic pictures but has no date and there were picnics during other summers. It was taken in city park with the regular playground equipment visible in the background.

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.

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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