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Post by John on Sept 7, 2009 8:08:32 GMT -6
This is an ad from 1907.
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Post by Job on Sept 7, 2009 12:28:55 GMT -6
I am reasonably sure that my great grandparents did not buy any of the furniture shown in that ad.
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Post by John on Sept 9, 2009 18:21:02 GMT -6
I like the simple phone number.
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Post by Job on Sept 9, 2009 19:17:13 GMT -6
John, you have been a seemingly endless source of great photos for as long as I have been reading/seeing this board.
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Post by galsal on Sept 10, 2009 4:53:27 GMT -6
Just keep them coming, John. We just love seeing them.
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Post by bluejay201 on Sept 10, 2009 22:34:32 GMT -6
Incinerator and Detention Home and Emergency Hospitals Just a note, the Elks building was used as an emergency hospital during the flu epidemic. Several people died in that building. I found an article in the paper about the building of the incinerator...it was considered a marvel of modern times. Apparently, people from other cities came to inspect it. The article is on file at the Museum. My grandparents' farm was at 502 W. Fifth, next to the incinerator. When they tore down the building, they left a small mound of dirt. I think that it is still there behind the west building of Camelot. The "pest" house was at 402 W. Fifth/Richards. It later became Edgetown Nursing Home. It was said there was a nurse, later owner? who could work days on end with the patients that had contagious diseases, and never get sick. I think the address changed to Richards, when the new houses were built facing Fifth st. By the way, the cyclone of 1903 passed very close to that area, before it turned to the golf course. Sorry, I did not post this earlier...Arthur--itis has been giving me a little trouble. Joanie
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Post by MnM on Sept 11, 2009 0:58:19 GMT -6
I like the simple phone number. Geezzeee John if you are gonna STEAL my pictures then at least give credit where credit is due................. I posted that ^^^picture on a thread of things that I found around this house on the SO, that I found here at my parents. SAME booklet clear down to the identical water spots. (posted on the SO - May 17, 2009) Kay Cool Things I Found Today « Result #652 on May 17, 2009, 3:16pm » « Last Edit: May 17, 2009, 3:17pm by ~MnM~ » Link to Post - Back to Top IP: Logged [image] the-r-i-p-s.com/therips.proboards76.com/www.myspace.com/rips61364"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest
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Post by John on Sept 11, 2009 5:16:04 GMT -6
I am sorry Kay. I didn't realize it was yours. I have so many photos that sometimes I forget where I even got them from. I always try to give credit when I know where the photo came from. I do have a lot of duplicates that I see others have also, but comparing the two, it definitely matches yours. My mistake on your photo.
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Post by Job on Sept 11, 2009 7:12:17 GMT -6
Incinerator and Detention Home and Emergency Hospitals Just a note, the Elks building was used as an emergency hospital during the flu epidemic. Several people died in that building. I found an article in the paper about the building of the incinerator...it was considered a marvel of modern times. Apparently, people from other cities came to inspect it. The article is on file at the Museum. My grandparents' farm was at 502 W. Fifth, next to the incinerator. When they tore down the building, they left a small mound of dirt. I think that it is still there behind the west building of Camelot. The "pest" house was at 402 W. Fifth/Richards. It later became Edgetown Nursing Home. It was said there was a nurse, later owner? who could work days on end with the patients that had contagious diseases, and never get sick. I think the address changed to Richards, when the new houses were built facing Fifth st. By the way, the cyclone of 1903 passed very close to that area, before it turned to the golf course. Sorry, I did not post this earlier...Arthur--itis has been giving me a little trouble. Joanie West 5th? Must of have been close to Annie's.
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Post by John on Sept 12, 2009 7:56:41 GMT -6
Here is an ad from 1944.
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Post by John on Sept 27, 2009 20:41:21 GMT -6
I came across this old ticket while looking through one of my Hardscrabble yearbooks.
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Post by galsal on Sept 28, 2009 4:54:55 GMT -6
That brought back memories of other sock hops. I remember going to a few back in my day, at the gym and the hub.
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Post by DumDave on Sept 28, 2009 9:43:02 GMT -6
I think by 1967, Coach Bill Davies had been successful in running off the sock hops to the old gym on Bloomington St. It was better there than the big gym anyway...... -Dave
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Post by John on Nov 2, 2009 20:04:32 GMT -6
This was for the Special Train that was assembled to take Streator residents to Lafayette, Indiana to watch John Kerestes, a local resident who was a football star at Purdue University, play in a college football game at Purdue.
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Post by galsal on Nov 3, 2009 5:37:16 GMT -6
Now for $10 you couldn't buy a hot dog at the game, let alone a ticket, transportation and gift.
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