View in Business Section
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View in Business Section
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Photo taken from inside the Square Park shows the businesses on the west side of Cass St. It can be dated from 1941/2 (A & P groceries replaced by True Value Hardware at 128 Cass) to 1947 as shown by the date on the message.
126 Cass: F. W. Woolworth Co. which opened Sept. 28, 1928. The old frame building on this site, known as the Austin property, was torn down in April of the same year. Woolworth's remained here until 1965. At that time, Ackemann's Department Store of Elgin remodelled the building.
128 Cass: True Value Hardware
130 Cass: Vogue Shop & Hugh Deneen, atty.
132 Cass: Trackett’s Bakery (1940-1950)
136 Cass: L. A. Barmann "The Style Shop"
138 Cass: Knuth's Sandwich Shop and Ice Cream started here in 1930 and moved to 105 Van Buren in 1948, taking over a Sporting Goods store.
140 Cass: Elk's Club, built in 1923
The message on back:Aug. 16, 1947
"Red", Catherine & Charles & I went to Fontana, Wis, to swim then drove here & saw "73 Rue Madeline" and "The Devil Thumbs a Ride." Stopped at Belvedire for a soda.
no name and no address
126 Cass: F. W. Woolworth Co. which opened Sept. 28, 1928. The old frame building on this site, known as the Austin property, was torn down in April of the same year. Woolworth's remained here until 1965. At that time, Ackemann's Department Store of Elgin remodelled the building.
128 Cass: True Value Hardware
130 Cass: Vogue Shop & Hugh Deneen, atty.
132 Cass: Trackett’s Bakery (1940-1950)
136 Cass: L. A. Barmann "The Style Shop"
138 Cass: Knuth's Sandwich Shop and Ice Cream started here in 1930 and moved to 105 Van Buren in 1948, taking over a Sporting Goods store.
140 Cass: Elk's Club, built in 1923
The message on back:Aug. 16, 1947
"Red", Catherine & Charles & I went to Fontana, Wis, to swim then drove here & saw "73 Rue Madeline" and "The Devil Thumbs a Ride." Stopped at Belvedire for a soda.
no name and no address
Creator
Date
1941/1947
Table Of Contents
Postcard - Excellent Condition
File Cabinet 6 Photos
In Postcards notebook
File Cabinet 6 Photos
In Postcards notebook
Collection
Citation
L. L. Cook Co. Milwaukee, “View in Business Section,” Woodstock Public Library Archives, accessed October 14, 2026, https://woodstockpubliclibraryarchives.omeka.net/items/show/433.
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