Lawrence Lore
Feb 16, 20241 min read
How Many Did You Say?
Title: Population of Lawrence County Population of Lawrence County as given in The Blue Book of State of Illinois, Compiled by the Sec....
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Lawrence Lore
Dec 13, 20232 min read
Bridgeport Home Mail Delivery
Bridgeport Postal Service 1949 from an undated newspaper clipping probably from the Bridgeport Leader 1949 Boyce – Cooper Named Carriers...
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Lawrence Lore
Jun 30, 20231 min read
Bridgeport Pre-1912
Obviously the postcards IN THE SLIDE SHOW BELOW pre-date the description written in a 1912 Souvenir Booklet of the City of Bridgeport. "...
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Lawrence Lore
Jun 28, 20231 min read
Lanterman Park Pavilion 1938
Even though the postcard below states that it is the Bridgeport Pavilion, we think the above dedication refers to the brick building at...
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Lawrence Lore
Jun 13, 20231 min read
Fire! Fire! Fire!
With a water works system practically completed, but the pressure not as yet turned on, a fire broke out in the business section of...
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Lawrence Lore
May 29, 20231 min read
Bridgeport American Legion
Members of the Bridgeport American Legion in the early 1950s. John Cassil is holding the flag on the left, and Robert Walsh is "third on...
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Lawrence Lore
Apr 25, 20231 min read
Maps, Maps, and More Maps
From the Library of Congress “The Sanborn Map Collection consists of a uniform series of large-scale maps, dating from 1867 to the...
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Lawrence Lore
Mar 20, 20231 min read
Railroads and Railroad Towns
The first railway charter granted by the Illinois General Assembly was to the Chicago and Vincennes Railroad in 1835. The demand for...
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Lawrence Lore
Mar 6, 20232 min read
Eggs Twenty Cents a Dozen in 1883
Bridgeport News in the Rural Republican December 28, 1883 Several family reunions took place on Christmas. Only twenty-six Schmalhausen’s...
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Lawrence Lore
Feb 13, 20232 min read
Got Root Beer?
On January 27, 1958, the Daily Record reported an accident had occurred in front of the Frosted Mug Drive-In just east of Bridgeport on...
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