The above letter was sent by Pvt George Bach, Co E 32nd Engrs, when he served overseas during WWI to his wife. The Postmark on the...

When we were going through our photo files for Lawrenceville businesses, we found this photo. It was filed with the Texaco station...

The lower left-hand corner of the picture above is now the landscaped corner at State and 11th street. The white shed-like building is...

Twenty-one classrooms, one office, a library, a large assembly room, a large gymnasium, a spectator’s gallery holding a thousand...

In the early days of the oil boom, oil derricks could be found inside the city limits of Bridgeport.

Wayne Martin pictured above wrote Santa a letter Christmas 1924 Dear Santa: I am a little boy seven years old. I go to Filmore school...

Did your ancestor own a car in 1910? Here are the automobile licenses issued by the Illinois Secretary of State from July 1 1910 to...

On temporary exhibit now is Zane Parrott’s collection of Havoline items. If you have been in the History Center you have seen Libby...

Stanley Berget Vandament, better known as Pete , was born January 22, 1888, in Lawrenceville, Illinois, to Burgett and Belle Vandament ....

These maps show what Bridgeport looked like in 1912.