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    • 205 West Cook Avenue

    • 205 West Cook Avenue

    • Dwellings;

    • Situated at the corner of Brainerd and Cook Avenues, this house was owned by Kenneth Lovell in the 1920s and 1930s. Kenneth Lovell was the son of Libertyville druggist F. B. Lovell and worked as a sales manager at American Wire Mills in...
    • Libertyville History
    • Abana Spring, Libertyville, Ill.

    • Abana Spring, Libertyville, Ill.

    • Business enterprises; Springs;

    • View of Abana Spring in Libertyville, IL. Descriptive note written on back: This was the second Abana Spring on Park Place about 1910.
      Frederick Grabbe established his bottling company in Libertyville in 1880 and marketed the clear drinking...
    • Libertyville History
    • 121 North Park Place

    • 121 North Park Place

    • Dwellings;

    • Stephen Taylor, father of Dr. John L. Taylor, occupied this home at 121 North Park Place until his death in 1920. It was then occupied by the Burt Steir family and later by the Walter Herr family. The house was moved and remodeled and now stands on...
    • Libertyville History
    • 126 West Lake Street

    • 126 West Lake Street

    • Dwellings;

    • Oren Luce and his wife Kate lived in this residence on 126 West Lake Street in Libertyville. They moved here from a farm in Vernon Township sometime in the early 1900s. When Oren lived in Libertyville he was a harness maker and owned his own shop....
    • Libertyville History
    • 130 West Maple Avenue

    • 130 West Maple Avenue

    • Dwellings;

    • Residence of Franklin P. Dymond on Division Street, later renamed Maple Avenue. The exact address is 130 West Maple Avenue. At the turn of the twentieth century, Franklin P. Dymond was president of the Lake County Bank and was an owner (with R. J....
    • Libertyville History
    • 215 Elm Court

    • 215 Elm Court

    • Dwellings;

    • At the turn of the century, John Eli Triggs lived in this brick home at 215 Elm Court. It then became the residence of his son Ross S. Triggs. John Eli operated Triggs Grocery and Meat Market, a leading business on Milwaukee Avenue in Libertyville,...
    • Libertyville History
    • 312 Elm Court

    • 312 Elm Court

    • Dwellings;

    • Located at 312 Elm Court, this house was a wedding present from John Eli Triggs, local grocer and meat market owner, to his daughter Irene and her husband Frank Wright. The house was built in 1910.
    • Libertyville History
    • 316 South Stewart Avenue

    • 316 South Stewart Avenue

    • Dwellings;

    • Interesting stonework graces the front porch of this house located at 316 South Stewart Avenue in Libertyville. Robert P. Schnaebele was a carpenter in Libertyville and lived here in the early part of the twentieth century. According to local...
    • Libertyville History
    • Abana Springs, Libertyville, Ill.

    • Abana Springs, Libertyville, Ill.

    • Business enterprises; Springs;

    • Frederick Grabbe established his bottling company in Libertyville in 1880 and marketed the clear drinking water as Abana Spring. The original well pictured here was located on Newberry Avenue, but when this dried up a second well was struck on what...
    • Libertyville History
    • Aerial View of Libertyville, Illinois

    • Aerial View of Libertyville, Illinois
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    • Aerial view of Libertyville in the 1960s looking southwest. Butler Lake can be identified in the top right corner. Descriptive note on the back reads: "Combining suburban living with urban conveniences, more than 9,000 residents are proud to call...
    • Libertyville History
    • American Wire Mills

    • American Wire Mills

    • Business enterprises; Factories;

    • View of American Wire Mills, also called American Wire Fence Company, located at the east end of Church Street, Libertyville. The company opened in 1905 and ceased operations during the Depression.
    • Libertyville History
    • Armistice Day

    • Armistice Day

    • Armistices; Holidays; Parades; Bands (Music); Crowds

    • A crowd assembles for an Armistice Day celebration on Milwaukee Avenue in downtown Libertyville. In the foreground is the Libertyville Band.
    • Libertyville History
    • Bell Telephone Building, Libertyville, Illinois

    • Bell Telephone Building, Libertyville, Illinois

    • Buildings; Business enterprises; Office buildings;

    • On November 30, 1943, ground was broken for the Illinois Bell Building pictured here at 117 East Church Street. Completion of this office building the following year allowed for expanded and modernized services, including conversion to dial service...
    • Libertyville History
    • Bird's Eye View, Libertyville, Ill.

    • Bird's Eye View, Libertyville, Ill.

    • Buildings; Business enterprises;

    • Aerial view of Libertyville looking southeast at the corner of Milwaukee Avenue and Cook Street. Starting at the corner and moving south, the businesses on the east side of Milwaukee Avenue in the early 1900s were: Eli Trigg's Market and Grocery,...
    • Libertyville History
    • Brainerd Court looking south

    • Brainerd Court looking south

    • Streets;

    • In Libertyville's early days Brainerd Court (now Brainerd Avenue) extended from Lake Street to Church Street. Ansel Cook named Brainerd Court after his mother's family. Notice the horse grazing in the side yard of one of the houses on the street.
    • Libertyville History
    • C. M. & St. Paul Depot, Libertyville, Ill.

    • C. M. & St. Paul Depot, Libertyville, Ill.

    • Railroads; Railroads -- Stations;

    • This train depot was built at the turn of the century and located on the northeast corner of Milwaukee and Newberry Avenues. It took over passenger service on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad when a western extension was built to Fox...
    • Libertyville History
    • C. M. Station, Libertyville, Ill.

    • C. M. Station, Libertyville, Ill.

    • Railroads; Railroads -- Stations;

    • This station serviced the Chicago and Milwaukee Electric Railroad Company of Illinois which built a branch line from Lake Bluff to Libertyville in 1903. Pictured in the postcard is a windmill which provided power to pump the station's water supply....
    • Libertyville History

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