Opera House postcard #6203
Title
Opera House postcard #6203
Description
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 that it was taken before 1912. It shows the Bunker Brothers building with an awning sign for C. S. Coakley and J. S. Andrews next door. J. S. Andrews advertised his groceries in the Woodstock Republican between 1907 and 1911 and on December 30, 1908 his ad said, "We moved to the C.F. Gaulke & Sons Meat Market." An article on Gaulke praised his good business skills at his corner stand.
Other visible buildings include Chauncy Hill's blacksmith shop on Van Buren and Stafford's Furniture on Johnson St.
111 E. Van Buren Bunker Borthers Hardware, Groceries, Barbed Wire
113 E. Van Buren C. S. Coakley
115 E. Van Buren
117 E. Van Buren J. S. Andrews
121 W. Van Buren City Hall
125 W. Van Buren Chauncy Hill Blacksmith
129 W. Van Buren
124 Johnson
C. R. Childs Photograph postcards Chicago
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 that it was taken before 1912. It shows the Bunker Brothers building with an awning sign for C. S. Coakley and J. S. Andrews next door. J. S. Andrews advertised his groceries in the Woodstock Republican between 1907 and 1911 and on December 30, 1908 his ad said, "We moved to the C.F. Gaulke & Sons Meat Market." An article on Gaulke praised his good business skills at his corner stand.
Other visible buildings include Chauncy Hill's blacksmith shop on Van Buren and Stafford's Furniture on Johnson St.
111 E. Van Buren Bunker Borthers Hardware, Groceries, Barbed Wire
113 E. Van Buren C. S. Coakley
115 E. Van Buren
117 E. Van Buren J. S. Andrews
121 W. Van Buren City Hall
125 W. Van Buren Chauncy Hill Blacksmith
129 W. Van Buren
124 Johnson
C. R. Childs Photograph postcards Chicago
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Date
1908/1912
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Citation
C R Childs Photographs, “Opera House postcard #6203,” Woodstock Public Library Archives, accessed June 12, 2025, https://woodstockpubliclibraryarchives.omeka.net/items/show/296.
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