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Court House Woodstock, IL
This postcard photo is from a different angle than most others taken of the court house, since it shows the W. Jackson St. view of the building. This is to highlight the new addition that was completed in 1906. The trees must have been protected…
Oliver Typewriter Band on the Woodstock (IL) Square
Veterans and Public observe Memorial Day May 31, 1911 [Sentinel June 1, 1911 p1]
partial:
After the services, the lines formed in front of the Opera House under the direction of Captain Eckert as follows:
Oliver Typewriter Band.
Company…
partial:
After the services, the lines formed in front of the Opera House under the direction of Captain Eckert as follows:
Oliver Typewriter Band.
Company…
Woodstock at Night - Postcard
An eerie drawing of the Woodstock Square at night with three top-hatted and tipsy gentlemen daring to cross the park after a night out. A bubble over their heads shows musical notes and the refrain "Not afraid to go ho-ome in the da-ark."
The detail…
The detail…
City Square Park with Baseball Sign on Spring House
The Spring House dominates this photo of the Square Park, and the Base Ball sign on the Spring House gives us the date the photo was taken.
Base ball was so popular that the Woodstock Sentinel had a weekly column “Among Those Who Play Base Ball”…
Base ball was so popular that the Woodstock Sentinel had a weekly column “Among Those Who Play Base Ball”…
Woodstock (IL) Square Park and Spring House Postcard (with message)
This photo is identical to the postcard entitled Woodstock Square Park Scene (with Green Frame). Since the postcard has the message on the front and space only for the address on the back, it is likely that the card was produced before 1907.
The…
The…
Park Scene, Woodstock, Ill.
Similar in style to several other postcards in the collection, the trees in the Square park dominate the scene. The Spring House seems miniscule, and the buildings on Benton Street are visible. The upper floors of the buildings have matching light…
Woodstock Square Park
This postcard seems to be a photo of trees with the Spring House tucked into the right corner. Part of the bandstand can barely be seen along with glimpses of the businesses on Cass Street. The sign on the bandstand advertizes a band concert.
The…
The…
Woodstock, IL City Hall (Opera House) - L.T. Hoy
This colorized postcard shows the City Hall/Opera House sometime between 1889, when it was built, until 1912 when the Square streets were paved and new lights with globes were installed. The older type of light, with a tall pole and small lights…
Birds Eye View of Town Looking South, Woodstock, IL
This postcard has been colorized by Copy Express, an enhancement that emphasizes the details. The original photo was taken about 1912, when the lights around the Square were installed with several glass globes on the single light pole. In this photo,…
City Hall (Opera House) and Bunker Brothers Building 1907
Nearly identical to "Opera House postcard #6203" by C. R. Childs, this "real photo" postcard includes a broad view of the buildings on Van Buren Street. The A. S. Wright drug store and the Bunker Brothers building signs are clear and easy to…
Oliver Typewriter Factory 711 ca. 1906
This postcard shows the 1906 addition to the Oliver Typewriter factory. It may have been taken later, but the trees are not tall. Three years after the 1903 expansion, this addition added 103' x 80' to the front and east with a gangway connecting the…
Oliver Typewriter Machine Model 5
This rather blurred photo of an Oliver Typewriter is a good illustration for the description in the following publication:
HEADLIGHT: SIGHTS & SCENES ALONG THE CHICAGO NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD (1898)
"Oliver Typewriter Co
This is the largest…
HEADLIGHT: SIGHTS & SCENES ALONG THE CHICAGO NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD (1898)
"Oliver Typewriter Co
This is the largest…
Woodstock High School Baseball Team in 1923
L-R Back Row: Larry Reed, Fred Wells, Clarence Olson, Karl Moritz, Lynn Sweetland, John McConnell, Elmer Miner, George Moriarty, Caroll Sherburne, Clarence Foote, Howard Courier
Front: Irvin Hecht, Dwight Stussey, Kenneth Gay, Raymond Jensen.
Front: Irvin Hecht, Dwight Stussey, Kenneth Gay, Raymond Jensen.
Central School Classroom
Central School classroom when the school was the Junior High School. The plaster wall friezes are still in the stairwell to the second floor at City Hall.
120 W. South Street
120 W. South Street
Southeast Corner of the Woodstock Square
This circa 1870 photograph of the southeast corner of the Woodstock Square appeared in the January 20, 1916 issue of the Woodstock Sentinel Newspaper.
A decade after the photo was taken, 1893, this section of the Square burned to the ground. A…
A decade after the photo was taken, 1893, this section of the Square burned to the ground. A…
Keys to Eugene V Debs Woodstock Jail Cell
In November 1895, upon his release from the McHenry County Jail, Sheriff George Eckert presented Eugene V Debs with the keys to his cell. During the Villains or Heroes: Pullman vs Debs Fest in Woodstock in 2018, the Debs Foundation brought the keys…
Photograph of Woodstock Courthouse (2013)
Exterior photograph of the McHenry County's Old Courthouse & Jail.
Eugene V. Debs
Photograph of Eugene V. Debs, President of the American Railway Union and a prominent labor activist.
1856-1874 Records of the Board of Trustees Corporation of Woodstock
Records of the Corporation of Woodstock McHenry County and State of Illinois Commencing April 14, 1856 through October 2, 1874. Includes a listing of ordinances beginning on page 599.
Part I: April 14, 1856-April 19, 1869
Part II: April 29,…
Part I: April 14, 1856-April 19, 1869
Part II: April 29,…
Courthouse, Square Park and Baptist Church ca 1867
This photo of the west side of the Square, which is very similar to the photo Item #373 (Square in winter ca 1867) and features the Courthouse and the Baptists church which was located directly to the west of the Courthouse on the northwest corner of…
Oliver Typewriter Band on Courthouse Steps
Oliver Typewriter Band photographed on the steps of the Courthouse. Original photo is dated 1898. On the back of the photo it is indicated that the far right musician is Herbert B. Medlar, prominent Woodstock photographer during the time period.
1892 Map of Woodstock
Maps are extracted from the 1892 Plat book of McHenry County, Illinois pages 58-59, 62-63
Gus Persson
This biography of Gus Persson (pronounced Pierson) was written by his daughter Mildred L. Persson (Fish) Luallen in 2017
Gustav "Gus" Persson
Born in Grums Skruvstad, Varmland, Sweden, November 8, 1879; immigrated to America in 1896; came to…
Gustav "Gus" Persson
Born in Grums Skruvstad, Varmland, Sweden, November 8, 1879; immigrated to America in 1896; came to…
Tripp Photography
Born in Woodstock, Melvin G. Tripp took over his uncle G. A. Burbank's photography business in 1891. His studio was on the corner of Cass and Main Streets at 204 Main. He took many of the photos in the Woodstock Sentinel 20th Century Edition,…
Woodstock residential and classified directory (1922-1923)
The Woodstock residential and classified directory, 1922-1923, containing the names and addresses of all residents. Also phone number of representative business and professional men [sic] of Woodstock and vicinity.
401 W. Jackson Always Inn Postcard
This postcard, published circa 1910, shows the Cyrus Durfee House, 401 W. Jackson, during the years it was a hotel. Cyrus Durfee built his "mansion" in 1867. The Woodstock Sentinel extolled it as "One of the largest, most convenient, and best…
445 Fremont St
The snow in this photo erases some of the clues to the date, but we know who lived in the house in 1914, the earliest City Directory in the library collection. Dexter and Mable Herrington moved there sometime between the 1900 US Census, when they…
Woodstock Hospital Postcard 1914
In 1914, the newly formed Woodstock Hospital Association took over Dr. Hyde West's private hospital at 417 Clay Street. The hospital remained here only one year, moving to the Judge Theodore Murphy home at 527 W. South Street in 1915.
The American…
The American…
Man with Horse and Buggy - 130 Washington Street
130 Washington Street
This print was made from glass negatives donated to the Woodstock Public Library.
This print was made from glass negatives donated to the Woodstock Public Library.
Woman with Dog
This print was made from glass negatives donated to the Woodstock Public Library. The photograph was taken at the Abraham (or Abram) Bodine McConnell House at the corner of Jefferson and South Street in Woodstock Illinois. A.B. McConnell was a son of…
Dog on Horse the A.B. McConnell House
This print was made from glass negatives donated to the Woodstock Public Library. The photograph was taken at the Abraham (or Abram) Bodine McConnell House at the corner of Jefferson and South Street in Woodstock Illinois. A.B. McConnell was a son of…
Turn of the Century Baby at the A.B. McConnell House
The house is believed to be the A.B. McConnell House at the corner of Jefferson and South Street in Woodstock Illinois.
This print was made from glass negatives donated to the Woodstock Public Library. The photograph was taken at the Abraham (or…
This print was made from glass negatives donated to the Woodstock Public Library. The photograph was taken at the Abraham (or…
Lady at A.B. McConnell House
The house is believed to be the A.B. McConnell House at the corner of Jefferson and South Street in Woodstock Illinois.
This print was made from glass negatives donated to the Woodstock Public Library. The photograph was taken at the Abraham (or…
This print was made from glass negatives donated to the Woodstock Public Library. The photograph was taken at the Abraham (or…
Woodstock Toddler at A.B. McConnell House
Unidentified toddler. This house is believed to be the A.B. McConnell House at the corner of Jefferson and South Street in Woodstock Illinois.
This print was made from glass negatives donated to the Woodstock Public Library. The photograph was…
This print was made from glass negatives donated to the Woodstock Public Library. The photograph was…
Woodstock Workmen
The location of the brick structure behind them is not known but this negative was grouped with other photographs from the A.B. McConnell House at the corner of Jefferson and South Street in Woodstock Illinois.
This print was made from glass…
This print was made from glass…
Gentleman with Dog at A.B. McConnell House Corner of Jefferson and South Street
This print was made from glass negatives donated to the Woodstock Public Library. The photograph was taken at the Abraham (or Abram) Bodine McConnell House at the corner of Jefferson and South Street in Woodstock Illinois. A.B. McConnell was a son of…
First Automobile in Woodstock (and McHenry County) owned by Dr. E. Windmueller - 1900
In late 1899 or early 1900 Dr. Windmueller bought the first self propelled vehicle in Woodstock. A Locomobile steamer made in Newton Mass. It was painted red with black trim.
Dedication of the Soldiers' Monument in the Woodstock Square Park - November 3, 1909
The gentlemen standing in the front two rows are veterans of the Civil War. The women in the third row are wives or widows of the veterans.
The “Sentinel” or Civil War Monument was erected by the Grand Army of the Republic. Zoia Monuments mounted…
The “Sentinel” or Civil War Monument was erected by the Grand Army of the Republic. Zoia Monuments mounted…
Elijah and Sarah Hutchins Burbank
Elijah and Sarah Burbank came to Illinois from New Hampshire via the Ohio River in 1847. They came to McHenry County by ox team from Southern Illinois, the trip taking seven weeks. After trying many things, Elijah learned the trade of stonemason and…
Woodstock Public Library, 1960
Opened in 1891, the library was originally located in the Woodstock Opera House. The library moved to its Judd Street location in 1959. The 4000 sq ft building was designed by local architect William Fyfe, a former student of Frank Lloyd Wright. The…
Woodstock Public Library, 1959
Opened in 1891, the library was originally located in the Woodstock Opera House. The library moved to its Judd Street location in 1959. The 4000 sq ft building was designed by local architect William Fyfe, a former student of Frank Lloyd Wright. The…
Interior of Woodstock Public Library, 1960
Opened in 1891, the library was originally located in the Woodstock Opera House. The library moved to its Judd Street location in 1959. The 4000 sq ft building was designed by local architect William Fyfe, a former student of Frank Lloyd Wright. The…
Woodstock Public Library, 1948
The woman in the photograph is Library Assistant Jean West. We would love to identify the children in the photograph. If you know who any of them are please email to library@woodstockil.gov.
Opened in 1891, the library was originally located in…
Opened in 1891, the library was originally located in…
Woodstock Public Library - Librarian Edna Wienke, 1948
This photograph was taken in the Woodstock Public Library in 1948. At the time the library was located in the Opera House. The woman in the photograph is Librarian Edna Wienke. We would love to identify the children in the photograph. If you know who…
Woodstock Public Library, 1935
Opened in 1891, the library was originally located in the Woodstock Opera House. The library moved to its Judd Street location in 1959. The 4000 sq ft building was designed by local architect William Fyfe, a former student of Frank Lloyd Wright. The…
Woodstock Public Library, 1927
Opened in 1891, the library was originally located in the Woodstock Opera House. The library moved to its Judd Street location in 1959. The 4000 sq ft building was designed by local architect William Fyfe, a former student of Frank Lloyd Wright. The…
Todd School Sound Studio
The Todd School for Boys (1848–1954) was an independent school located in Woodstock, Illinois founded by Reverend Richard Kimball Todd, a Presbyterian pastor. Under the guidance of Headmaster Noble Hill in the 1920s and Hill’s son Roger in the 1930s,…