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"U.S. Government Post
Office, DeKalb, Ill." This postcard is made of thick, soft leather. Mailed
in 1906. For a small scan of the back, click
here.
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"U.S. Government Post
Office, DeKalb, Ill." This postcard is made of thick, soft leather. Mailed
in 1906. For a small scan of the back, click
here.
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 "Horseshoe
Bend, De Kalb, ILL." Published before WWII. The intersection of College
and Linden (right) seems to fit this picture. A map shows the curve to
the right continuing in a horseshoe shape. |
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"View of College Ave. De Kalb, Ill." Published before World War I by C. E. Wheelock & Co. of Peoria, IL. |
Auto Truck 'DeKalb Fire
Dept.' |
 Written
on
the back, "Mom sent one like this to Gerda Aug. 18, 1914," plus a list
of names, "L. L. Smith; Jacob Price?; Otto Olson; Otto McEvoy; 'C. A. Peterson;
Tom Murray - Fire Chief at wheel; Reggie Fay - straw hat." For an enlargement
of the men, click here. This
was Fire Station No. 1 on 4th which began with horse pulled wagons, seen
on the 1909 card on the right. |
 |  Left: An ad from the April 1917 edition of The American City: Methods, Materials and Appliances for the DeKalb Wagon Co. Click here to see the tire ads on the back of this section of the page.Right: a larger view of the Morrison Fire Dept. engine made by DeKalb Wagon Co. |
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 Left: "City Hospital, DeKalb,
ILL." This was located on South First Street. This preceded the Glidden
Memorial Hospital.Right: St. Mary's Catholic Rectory, Church and (behind the church) the old school building. |
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 Left: "Mr.
and Mrs. Jacob Haish and Residence." One of the barbed wire manufactures.
The back says, "If for five days I should remain, Outside the birth-place
of barb wire fame, Then turn me back to DeKalb soon, In Illinois, and confer
a boon." Right: a similar view taken at a diffent time. The house now is gone from the corner of Pine and North Third
Streets. |
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 Left: Ellwood Homestead. The
house on North First Street is now a museum. Isaac Ellwod was one of the
barbed wire manufacturers. The house was built in 1879.Right: Late 1800's photo labeled, "Home of Alvin S. Bean; 527 So. 4th St., De Kalb, Ill." |
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 "East
and West Mills, American Steel & Wire Co." Joseph Glidden and Isaac
Leonard Ellwood founded the Barb Fence Company in DeKalb in 1875. In 1898
Ellwood sold his interests to John Gates who created the new American Steel
and Wire Company, now a division of U.S. Steel. Right: Red Shops |
 |  Left: North Plant of DeKalb Fence Company about 1905.Right: Creamery Package Manufacturing Company, mailed in 1912. |
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 Left:
M. Kennedy's Stock Yards, published by the Economy Store.
Right: "A View of the Factory District at DeKalb, Illinois." The format of this card indicates a date of about 1904. |
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"State Normal School" mailed in 1912. This view is also labeled Normal and Training School Buildings. This became Northern Illinois State Teacher's College. The "Castle" is now part of Northern Illinois University. |
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 "Northwestern
Depot, De Kalb, Ill." The card was mailed in 1909 from DeKalb (one word).
The station was designed by Frost and Granger and built in 1891. Some modifications
were made in 1946. The picture at right was taken in June of 2002. |
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 Left: "Chicago & North
Western R. R. Depot." This is an unusual view from the opposite
side of the station. The last passenger train was April 30, 1971. Service
was discontinued when AMTAK went into operation. Freight service on the
line is very heavy. The building is still there. Right: a real photo showing the passenger protection on the left. |
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"Yesterday! Back in the late Forties [1840's] the doughty Pioneer, operating over some forty miles of strap rail, was the first locomotive in service from Chicago to the West. Today! The Giant Class 'H', largest dual-service locomotive in the world, now in service on the Chicago & Northern Western Ry., is capable of a speed of 85 miles an hour; can haul 150 loaded freight cars (a train 1 1/3 miles long) at a speed of 50 miles an hour!" |
