Kate's Brief History

While the 1920s started cautiously, with the country still recovering from the war and the Spanish flu, the decade would go on to enjoy unpr...

The city’s first telephone lines were installed in the 1880s by the Chicago Telephone Company, which in 1920 changed its name to Illinois Be...

In 1920, Naperville was just a small, mainly rural, community with a population of only 3,830. It was so rural, in fact, that City Council m...

The Masons built their new lodge in 1916 and outfitted the second floor for their own use while renting out the first floor. On the street-s...

Flapper dresses and wild spending are the stereotypes, but in 1920, hemlines were still fairly long and “The High Cost of Living” was a majo...

Naperville’s North Central College has not always been called North Central nor has it always been in Naperville. The Evangelical Associat...

In May of 1920, Kroehler Manufacturing put together a baseball team for the Fox Valley Industrial League. The team reads like a “Who’s Who...

Fire activity doubled in 1920 with three big fires occurring in the first three months. While the city normally faced maybe 10-12 fire ev...

In just a few short years, the automobile displaced the horse and wagon, even in still-rural Naperville. These two images from Sanborn Map...

According to contemporary reports, a wild winter storm greeted the new year as 1920 dawned in Illinois. The President was Woodrow Wilson. ...