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    • Bradley and Haben Funeral Home Photograph, 1920s

    • Bradley and Haben Funeral Home Photograph, 1920s

    • Automobiles; Business enterprises; Signs and signboards;

    • Photograph of the Bradley and Haben Funeral Home building located at 8036 Lincoln Avenue in Niles Center, Illinois in the 1920s. Shown: hearse parked in front of the funeral Home. Signs on the hearse read: "Private Ambulance" and "Haben." This...
    • Skokie History Project
    • Bronx Building Photograph, 1926

    • Bronx Building Photograph, 1926

    • Apartments; Business enterprises; Signs and signboards;

    • Photograph of the Bronx Building located at 4940 Dempster Street, on the northwest corner of Dempster Street and Bronx Avenue, in Niles Center, Illinois in 1926. The Bronx Building was constructed in 1927 for $170,000 just before the Depression to...
    • Skokie History Project
    • Bronx Building Photograph, 1929

    • Bronx Building Photograph, 1929

    • Apartments; Automobiles; Business enterprises; Restaurants, lunch rooms, etc.; Signs and signboards; Stores, Retail;

    • Photograph of the Bronx Building in Niles Center, Illinois in 1929. The building was located at 4940 Dempster Street, on the northwest corner of Dempster Street and Bronx Avenue. Shown: The Bronx Building housing a drug store (left) and the Bronx...
    • Skokie History Project
    • Canton Restaurant Photograph, circa 1960

    • Canton Restaurant Photograph, circa 1960

    • Advertising; Automobiles; Business enterprises; Restaurants, lunch rooms, etc.; Signs and signboards;

    • Photograph of the Canton Restaurant, located at 8007 Lincoln Avenue in Skokie, Illinois, circa 1960. Shown: automobiles parked in front of the restaurant; advertising on building for Coca-Cola. This photograph is part of the collection of the...
    • Skokie History Project
    • Canton Restaurant Photograph, circa 1960

    • Canton Restaurant Photograph, circa 1960

    • Advertising; Automobiles; Business enterprises; Restaurants, lunch rooms, etc.; Signs and signboards;

    • Photograph of the Canton Restaurant, located at 8007 Lincoln Avenue in Skokie, Illinois, circa 1960. Shown: automobile parked in front of the restaurant; advertising on building for Coca-Cola. This photograph is part of the collection of the Skokie...
    • Skokie History Project
    • Cream Crest Farms, Inc. Order Form, 1968

    • Cream Crest Farms, Inc. Order Form, 1968

    • Advertising; Business enterprises; Dairying;

    • March 1968 delivery ordering form for Cream Crest Farms, Inc., located at 10001 Skokie Boulevard in Skokie, Illinois. The order form reads: "Tested and Approved Protection. Telephones. Alpine 1-3330. Enterprise 1786. Orchard 3-1130. Cream Crest...
    • Skokie History Project
    • Duffys Restaurant and Tavern Photograph, circa 1960

    • Duffys Restaurant and Tavern Photograph, circa 1960

    • Automobile parking; Business enterprises; Hotels, taverns, etc.; Restaurants, lunch rooms, etc.; Signs and signboards;

    • Photograph of the Duffys Restaurant and Tavern building, located at 8024 Lincoln Avenue in Skokie, Illinois, circa 1960. The building was demolished in 1967 to make way for a parking lot. This photograph is part of the collection of the Skokie...
    • Skokie History Project
    • Edward A. Heinz Radio Shop Photograph, 1929

    • Edward A. Heinz Radio Shop Photograph, 1929

    • Business enterprises; Newspapers; Repairing; Stores, Retail;

    • Photograph of the Edward A. Heinz Radios and Service shop located at 8149 Lincoln Avenue in Niles Center, Illinois in 1929. Shown: two unidentified men unloading a truck (right). The side of the truck reads, "Majestic." The photograph was taken...
    • Skokie History Project
    • Emil Blameuser Greenhouse Postcard, early 1900s

    • Emil Blameuser Greenhouse Postcard, early 1900s

    • Business enterprises; Farms; Postcards; Truck farming;

    • Postcard depicting the exterior view of the Emil Blameuser greenhouse and farm in Niles Center, Illinois in the early 1900s. Handwritten note on the face of the postcard reads: Emil Blameusers Green Houses Niles Center, Ill. Emil Blameusers name is...
    • Skokie History Project
    • Farmers Exchange Tavern Photograph, circa 1910

    • Farmers Exchange Tavern Photograph, circa 1910

    • Bicycles; Business enterprises; Hotels, taverns, etc.; Signs and signboards;

    • Photograph of the Farmers Exchange Tavern located on the southwest corner of Golf Road and Gross Point Road in Sharp Corner, Illinois in 1910. The Sharp Corner neighborhood was annexed to Niles Center in the 1920s. The owner of the tavern may have...
    • Skokie History Project
    • First National Bank Of Skokie Building Photograph, 1950s

    • First National Bank Of Skokie Building Photograph, 1950s

    • Automobiles; Banks; Business enterprises; Grocery stores; Signs and signboards; Stores, Retail;

    • Photograph of the First National Bank of Skokie at 8001 Lincoln Avenue, at the intersection of Oakton Street in Skokie, Illinois in the 1950s. Awning next door reads: Center Grocery & Market. Note the automobile parked in front of the Center...
    • Skokie History Project

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