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Aerial View of Die Cast Factory - Peasley 1962
This aerial photo is taken from the east and shows the Auto Lite factory in 1962, shortley before a major expansion. Clay Street runs along the side of the factory with the American Legion building at the left. The water tower has Eltra painted on it…
Aerial view of Die Cast Site - Peasley 1960
This aerial photo shows the Electric Autolite factory taken from the south in 1960. It is titled the Die Cast site since that is what it has been called since 1997 when it was demolished.
The original Tappan Steam Pump then Oliver Typewriter…
The original Tappan Steam Pump then Oliver Typewriter…
Day the smoke stack came down May 1997
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…
Jim started with a picture of the Woodstock Square taken near the E. Jackson St entrance that shows the…
Demolition of the Eltra Water Tower - Peasley 1997
Long a landmark in Woodstock, the name Eltra was painted on the water tower of the Woodstock Die Casting factory. Eltra Corporation owned Woodstock Die Casting from 1963 until Eltra was acquired by Allied Chemical Corporation in 1979.
Woodstock…
Woodstock…
Demolition of the Woodstock Die Cast Smokestack - Peasley 1997
Woodstock Manufacturing Corporation of Michigan bought Woodstock Die Casting from Allied Signal Corporation in 1985. After several years of decline, the factory closed on June 29, 1990, resulting in the loss of 757 jobs. The City of Woodstock was…
Die Cast demolition 1 and 2 1997
These two photos show men preparing heavy equipment to demolish the buildings on the Woodstock Die Casting site in May 1997.
Die Cast Picnic Airplane Ride 1970s
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.
Die Cast Picnic Carnival Rides 1972
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.
This shows the Ferris Wheel, Tilt-A-Whirl and swings.
Die Cast Picnic Family in Pavilion 1972
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…
Die Cast Picnic Ferris Wheel 1972
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…
The Ferris Wheel is photographed looking west with the old Bigelow farm house…
Die Cast Picnic Gunny Sack Races 1972
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…
Die Cast Picnic Hill Top 1972
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."
These photos were taken for the employee's newsletter "The Spotlite."
Die Cast Picnic Horse Drawn Wagon ride 1972
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.
Die Cast Picnic Merry Go Round 1972
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…
Small children ride in…
Die Cast Picnic Mom & baby on swing
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.
Die Cast Picnic Pony Rides 1972
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…
Die Cast Picnic Rescue Squad 1972
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…
Die Cast Picnic Train Ride 1972
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…
Die Cast PicnicBall Field and Pool House 1972
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…
This long shot shows the baseball field and dugout with the pool house in the…
Die Cast Site 1-6 1997
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…
Die Cast Site 6-10 1997
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…
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…
Hogans Lloyds Stones on Benton 1972
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…
Pool Deck & Pool House 1973
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"
The photo was taken for the Woodstock Die Casting employee newsletter "The Spotlite"
Pool Diving Board 1973
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…
The photo was taken for the Woodstock Die Casting employee…
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…