Boarding the train Oliver Typewriter picnic 1910

Boarding the train Oliver Typewriter picnic 1910

This photo is a closer view than photo Item #446: "Waiting for the Train Oliver Typwriter Picnic" and still from a high vantage point. The train has pulled into the station and Oliver Typewriter employees are gathered to enter. Near the front, some are dressed in costume. The McHenry County Historical Society has a photo with the group in costume relaxing on the grounds of the Oliver Typewriter factory before going to the train depot.The are on their way to the Oliver Typewriter employee picnic in Fox River Grove on July 23, 1910.
This view shows the Pabst Brewing Company and Ice House and the Jung Brewing Co. and Ice House behind and to the left of the Woodstock depot.
In the center of the background, the Oliver Typewriter factory buildings and smokestack are visible along with a faint view of very large Oliver Typewriter electric sign.
102 Washington St. Chicago & Northwestern RR depot and American Express Depot Office
Address for Pabst Brewing Co: end of Main near depots
Address for Jung Brewing Co: north of depots near Wheeler

Mildred Persson Luallen

1910