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City Square Park, Woodstock, IL - Panorama
This panorama postcard is slightly larger than two standard postcards and designed to be folded in half and mailed. The photo was taken from Johnson Street and shows the sweep of the park from Cass Street to Van Buren. The buildings include 100 Cass,…
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…
City Hall, Woodstock, IL. Pearson-Ullberg
This photo shows the City Hall/Opera House with very few details to indicate when it was taken. Since the Pearson-Ullberg company was founded in 1906, it is fair to estimate that it was taken in 1906 or 1907. The company stayed in business until…
Birds Eye View of Town Looking South, Woodstock, IL
This postcard has been colorized by Copy Express, an enhancement that emphasizes the details. The original photo was taken about 1912, when the lights around the Square were installed with several glass globes on the single light pole. In this photo,…
City Hall (Opera House) and Bunker Brothers Building 1907
Nearly identical to "Opera House postcard #6203" by C. R. Childs, this "real photo" postcard includes a broad view of the buildings on Van Buren Street. The A. S. Wright drug store and the Bunker Brothers building signs are clear and easy to…
Clarence Darrow
A photograph of Clarence Darrow.
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…
Automobiles on Woodstock Square (Johnson Street)
The purpose of the automobile lineup on Johnson Street on the Woodstock Square is unknown (possibly an auto club). The photo was taken after 1912 when the pillars with globe lights were installed in the park and the street was paved with bricks.
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 - 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 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…
Playbill - The Todd Theatre Festival of 1934
When the traveling theatre circuits disappeared in the early 20th century, the Woodstock Opera House became the site for the Chicago-area's first, however short-lived, summer stock theatre - The Todd Theatre Festival of 1934. The six-week summer…
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…
Tiny Hansman with his 3-wheel Harley motorcycleca 1958
Police Chief Emery "Tiny" Hansman stands next to his 1958 three-wheel Harley motorcycle. Two 1956 Plymouth police cars are parked on Calhoun street by the Fire Department behind the Opera House. A note with the photos says that the cars had…
Post Office Construction walls SE
Shows the progress of the Post Office with brick walls (both exterior and interior) with a Fitzgibbons Boiler Co. New York boiler in the center.
Looking east, a clear view of the west side of the frame building formerly at 131 W. VanBuren is…
Looking east, a clear view of the west side of the frame building formerly at 131 W. VanBuren is…
Police cars and motorcycle on Calhoun ca 1958
A City of Woodstock car, Police car no. 26, and a motorcycle are parked at the Fire Department garage on Calhoun St. This photo also shows the west façade of the "Chester Gould" building at the corner of Van Buren and Dean St. that still has the…
Panorama Square bird's eye view from Jefferson St 1996
Jim Keefe's office was on Jefferson St. fairly close to where this photo was taken. His son Patrick was on the fire department, so perhaps he had access to a hook & ladder truck to take it.
The two photos are taped together to make the treeline in…
The two photos are taped together to make the treeline in…
Opera House with fire escape
Photos of the Opera House in the 1919 Welcome Home series show the east side of the building without a fire escape. By 1921, there is a fire escape.
A. S. Wright, druggist, was in business between 1880 and 1940.
This postcard is labeled City…
A. S. Wright, druggist, was in business between 1880 and 1940.
This postcard is labeled City…
Opera House postcard #6203
Postcard title: City Hall, Woodstock, Ill. #6203
The postcard is post marked March 24, 1914
Taken from the street near Benton, it shows the Opera House without a fire escape. The dirt streets and the rope on post railing on the square indicate…
The postcard is post marked March 24, 1914
Taken from the street near Benton, it shows the Opera House without a fire escape. The dirt streets and the rope on post railing on the square indicate…
Opera House Portico 1998
Taken nearly a year after the construction of the portico, this photo shows the completed project with the lights.
Opera House Portico 1997
This series of 11 photos show the progression of the reconstruction of the Opera House portico on August 4, 1997. John Schares and the Opera House staff designed the structure, closely following the original. The Opera House renovation in 1977 had…
Opera House National Register group 1977
In January 1977, the Woodstock Opera House was placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the Department of Interior. One of the driving forces behind the designation was Marge Sharpe, Woodstock. Shown here from left: Vette Kelle, attorney…
Opera House in fall 1990s
This photo was taken from the entrance to the Spring House with the diagonal brick sidewalk lined up with the edge of the Opera House. The crimson maples are emphasized on the sunlight.
The bench style identifies this as before 1992 when Columbia…
The bench style identifies this as before 1992 when Columbia…
Opera House front and side 1890s
Fuzzy photo of Opera House when it was newly constructed as City Hall. The actual date is unknown. The building exterior is complete but there is no landscaping. Shows both the front on Van Buren and the side on Dean Street. A man stands on the Dean…
Opera House front 1890s
Front of the Opera House and C.W. Hill Horse Shoeing. Shows the original cupola, portico and fire bell.
Shows a fire hydrant in the bottom right corner, thus dating it as 1895 or later.
Blacksmith Chauncy Hill (1858-1938) came to Woodstock in 1888…
Shows a fire hydrant in the bottom right corner, thus dating it as 1895 or later.
Blacksmith Chauncy Hill (1858-1938) came to Woodstock in 1888…
Opera House from Square Park ca 1958
Opera House without portico or cupola but with the Library and City Hall signs in stone. The Opera House sign above the main entrance is electric and possibly neon.
A phone booth stands on the corner of the building on the sidewalk. The east side of…
A phone booth stands on the corner of the building on the sidewalk. The east side of…
Opera House from Spring House May 1997
This photo continues the trip around the Square that Jim Keefe took on the day the Die Cast smokestack was demolished. It shows the Opera House from the vantage point of the Spring House. The trees that were planted in 1993 are still small.
Opera House Curt Teich postcard
Postcard front labeled 1047 - City Hall Building Woodstock, Illinois
Reverse identification: City Hall Building and Theatre, Woodstock, Illinois. Genuine Curteich-Chicago "C.T. Art-Colortone" Post Card (Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.)
This postcard was…
Reverse identification: City Hall Building and Theatre, Woodstock, Illinois. Genuine Curteich-Chicago "C.T. Art-Colortone" Post Card (Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.)
This postcard was…
Opera House and Van Buren 1909
Dark and blurred photo from a postcard titled "Van Buren St., South Side of Square, Woodstock, Ill."
Uncle Tom's Cabin poster with date Mar 31, Wednesday. This combination of date and day occurred in 1897, 1909, and 1915, but Good Friday fell on…
Uncle Tom's Cabin poster with date Mar 31, Wednesday. This combination of date and day occurred in 1897, 1909, and 1915, but Good Friday fell on…
Opera House and park May 1993
The Spring House, Opera House and a partially obscured soldier's monument are featured in the 9th photo in Jim Keefe's series taken on Memorial Day 1993.
Opera House and Park 1990s
Possibly taken the same day as Item #292, this photo was taken from behind the Spring House. It shows the maple trees and shrubs in full color.