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  1. Postcard - 1999.002.12

    Hand colored image of a river and path. Card has text "Greetings from West Chicago, ILL." printed in top left corner. Back is divided, has an inscription, post marked November 2, 1916. Card is numbered A-51200, a C. T. Photochrom, made by Curteich.

    Record Type: Object

    Postcard
  2. Postcard - 1999.002.12

    Hand colroed image of a road along a river bend. Card has text "Greetings from West Chicago, ILL." printed in front top left corner. Back is divided, has an inscription, and post marked December 1, 1916. Card is numbered A-52456 and is a C. T. Photochrom

    Record Type: Object

    Postcard
  3. Postcard - 1999.002.12

    Hand colored image of a path with horse and buggy an dtrees. Card has text "Greetings from West Chicago, ILL." printed in the top left front corner. Backis divided, has an inscription, and post marked June 11, 1917. Card is numbered R-46588, a C. T. Phot

    Record Type: Object

    Postcard
  4. Postcard - 1999.002.9

    Black and white image of "No. 17 Elm & First St. Hinsdale, ILL." Back of postcard has an inscription and is post marked August 11, 1909.

    Record Type: Object

    Postcard
  5. Postcard - 2000.004.1

    Black and white image of a winter scene near Depot in Wheaton, Illinois. Back is divided, has an inscription, and post marked April 11, 1918.

    Record Type: Object

    Postcard
  6. Postcard - 2000.024.1

    Postcard, "DuPage County Court House, Wheaton, Ill." sent to Mrs. Jessie Wilbur with an inscription from Ina. The inscription reads "Notice the clock tower diameter either way is between (unreadable) and 10ft. X marks jail. I have stood in circle before finished and it is several feet (unreadable) clock faces on four sides (unreadable) room is as large as your Mothers bedroom. Ina"

    Record Type: Object

    Postcard
  7. Postcard - 2000.024.1

    Black and white and partially colored or toned image of DuPage County Court House in Wheaton, IL. Front of card has blue toned sky and red toned building with a white border around the image. Card has writing around edges. Back is not divided,, addressed sent to Mrs. Jessie Wilbur with an inscription from Ina. The inscription reads "Notice the clock tower diameter either way is between (unreadable) and 10ft. X marks jail. I have stood in circl...

    Record Type: Object

  8. Postcard - 2000.028.1

    Black and white image of "Congregational Church, West Chicago, DuBage (DuPage) Co., ILL.". Back of postcard is divided, has an inscription. Back also has "101. Publ. by Schling & Koehn Co., Chicago, ILL. Made in Germany." printed along the left hand side. Also an unreadable postmark stamped in the upper right corner on the back. (belonged to donor's mother, Helen LeKinder Barks

    Record Type: Object

    Postcard
  9. Postcard - 2000.028.2

    Black and white image of "Public School, West Chicago, Dubage (DuPage) Co., ILL." Back of postcard is divided and has an inscription. Back also has "102. Publ. by Schling & Koehn Co., Chicago, ILL. Made in Germany." printed along the left hand side. Car

    Record Type: Object

    Postcard
  10. Postcard - 2003.002.1

    Color image of Oakbrook Center, Marshall Field and Company in background. Postcard has an inscription and was post marked on June 21, 1964 in Villa Park. Curteichcolor postcard. Numbered 3DK-262.

    Record Type: Object

    Postcard
  11. Postcard - 2003.002.2

    Black and white image of the "Village Hall, Bensenville, ILL. 40605." Back of the card is divided, has an inscription and post marked August 15, 1919. Card was made by "C.R. Childs, Photograph, Postcards, Chicago."

    Record Type: Object

    Postcard
  12. Postcard - 2003.002.3

    Toned image of the "Our Lady of Providence Retreat, Clarendon Hills, Illinois." Back of card is divided, has an inscription, and post marked March 24, 1942. Card was made by Artvue Post Card Co., 225 Fifth Ave., New York, N.Y..

    Record Type: Object

    Postcard
  13. Postcard - 2003.002.4

    Color, linen, image of the Arcadia Motel on U.S. Route 20 (Lake St.) and Route 83 in Elmhurst, Illinois. Back of card is divided and blank. Card has a description on back left. Card is a Genuine C. T. Art-Colortone, numbered 1C-H1303. Unmailed postcard of Arcadia Motel in Elmhurst. "2.50 #72" written on back in top right corner in pencil.

    Record Type: Object

    Postcard
  14. Postcard - 2015.020.1

    Colorized image of the "North Hall, Dormitory for Girls, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois." Card is numbered 9B548-N in lower right. Back is divided and blank. Card distributed by Color-View INC., 206 No. Main St., Rockford, ILL. Card made by Curteich Chicago and is a "C. T. American Art" Postcard.

    Record Type: Object

    Postcard
  15. Postcard - 2015.020.2

    Color image of the Tally-Ho Inn, West Chicago, Illinois. Card is divided and blank. Card was made by Color Photo, Photo-Eagle Litho Co., INC. in Cincinnati, Ohio. Has a description of card in back left corner.

    Record Type: Object

    Postcard
  16. Postcard - 2015.039.1

    Black and white image of "The Pioneer", Chicago's first locomotive and the first one to run to West Chicago. Built by Baldwin and used by Galena and Chicago Union, now C&NW. Image from the Collection of West Chicago Historical Museum. Back of card is divided and blank. Card was published by West Chicago Historical Society and West Chicago Historical Museum.

    Record Type: Object

    Postcard
  17. Print - 1967.074.3

    Photo of Chicago in 1833. At the junction of the North and South Branches of the Chicago River." Brown frame with gold trimming around photo. Wire hanger across back.

    Record Type: Object

    Print
  18. Scrapbook - 2016.016.1

    Beta Kappa Chapter, of Delta Kappa Gamma teachers organization, scrapbook. Brown leather cover, snake skin type pattern. "Book Three" written on a sticker in the upper right corner. 35 cardstock pages. Contains newspaper clippings, invites, photographs, c

    Record Type: Object

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