Jackson St W from Tryon Postcard 6225

Jackson St W from Tryon Postcard 6225

The house on the right is 310 W. Jackson, built in 1895 by Emilus C. Jewett, at that time a partner in an Abstract business and partner at the State Bank of Woodstock. Previously, he had been in the boot & shoe business, the stock business (not selling stock, but rather shipping horses to South Dakota), tax collector, city treasurer, alderman, and a member of the Board of Education. After this date, He was Mayor from 1897-1903, County Treasurer, Dorr Township Supervisor and then the President of the State Bank until his death in 1931 at the age of 77. In his spare time, he was an active member of the Drama Club, organized in 1874, whose first play “The Drunkard” was “received by a crowded house with wild enthusiasm and hearty cheers.”

This postcard is the work of C. R. Childs. He was among the most popular and prolific postcard producers in the Chicago area. He started his photography business in 1900 and was one of the first to see the benefit of the new technology. By 1906, he was sending photographers on interurban trains all over the area and he remained in business until the 1950s. The postcard craze was at its height between 1095 and 1915. Newberry Library and the Chicago History Museum house extensive CR Childs collections.
The date estimate for the postcard is based on the beginning date that Childs was active, 1905, and the date for another card in this series "McHenry Co Courthouse and Sheriff's Residence 6201" that has dirt streets on the Square, so was taken before 1912.

1906-1912

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