

Class in Bike Riding
Because many students could not afford a bike in 1938, their teacher Marguerite Hawkins at Holiday School in Allison township brought...
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7 days ago1 min read
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1929 LTHS Football
Notice the marching band in the lower photo on above page
Lawrence Lore
Mar 31 min read
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Christy's 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...
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Feb 62 min read
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Island School 1940s-1940s
Island school was a one room school located amid four other schools, Petty school on the west, Petrolia school on the south, Chauncey...
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Jan 273 min read
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House Indentification
We are trying to identify these houses that were pictured in the newspaper in 1938. Perhaps someone can "Google map" them and send us a...
Lawrence Lore
Jan 241 min read
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Wingfoot Homes in Bridgeport
Soldiers returning from WWII faced a dismal housing shortage. To accommodate them, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co developed a completely...
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Jan 92 min read
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Runaway Car 1930
Please readers, be careful out there when you are driving over the holidays. The Vincennes (Ind.) Commercial , December 27, 1930 Lyman...
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Dec 31, 20242 min read
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Sumner Postmarks
On temporary exhibit now is Zane Parrott’s collection of Havoline items. If you have been in the History Center you have seen Libby...
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Oct 18, 20241 min read
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R.I.P.
Page 1 of The Daily Record , published in Lawrenceville, Illinois on Tuesday, April 8th, 1941 The near balmy breezes of the van guard of...
Lawrence Lore
Oct 8, 20244 min read
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