Ladies Foot Race 4th of July, 1910

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 sixth, possibly older or married, wears a longer dark dress. The very large crowd lines the sidewalk and the perimeter of the Square park. In spite of it being July,nearly every man, woman and child is wearing a hat and long sleeves. A man on a horse (the starter perhaps) looks back toward the runners.
100 N. Benton Hotel Woodstock (upper floors)
102 N. Benton
104 N. Benton:
106 N. Benton: Ice Cream Parlor
108 N. Benton C. Thorne & Son Clothing
110 N. Benton: Barber shop
112 N. Benton: E. E. Stone Drug Store
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.
There is a marquee or tent in front of Sherman Block. It can be seen more clearly in the Oliver Typewriter Band photo (ID88 )
111 S. Benton
113 S. Benton. Church Block, built by Malachi Church after his livery stable burned in the 1893 fire that destroyed all the buildings on South Benton to East Jackson. He did not live to occupy the building, but Woodstock Dry Goods opened in 1902 and remained in business at that location until 1978.

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1910