Montgomery Ward and U. S. Post Office

Circa 1947 black and white photograph of the Montgomery Ward and Post Office buildings on Johnson Street, Woodstock, Illinois.  There are several 1940s era cars parked on the brick paved street in front of the buildings.

Title

Montgomery Ward and U. S. Post Office

Description

Postcard in the same series as "View in Business District" showing cars parked on Johnson Street in front of the Post Office and Montgomery Ward's deparment store. Central School on Calhoun Street can be seen on the left.
The date is determined by ID 182 since the cars are very similar.

110 N. Johnson: Montgomery Ward Dept. Store built in 1928 with an addition in 1934.

124 N. Johnson, Woodstock Post Office built in 1932. Moved to Country Club Road in 1991

Message on back: Woodstock business is built around a square like this [arrow points to a little map] with a nice lawn and trees in the center. Mowky's here [arrow points to northwest edge].
Park cars all around on both sides. Business houses all around here and the out side.

Postage stamp area has the EKC logo of E. C. Kropp

Date

1947~

Citation

L. L. Cook Co. Milwaukee, “Montgomery Ward and U. S. Post Office,” Woodstock Public Library Archives, accessed December 3, 2024, https://woodstockpubliclibraryarchives.omeka.net/items/show/265.

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