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Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Furniture Makers and Undertakers in Holland’s 1886 Directory
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It was common for craftsmen who built furniture to also provide coffins and the Holland’s Directory listed two men in Naperville: Charles Ba...
Wednesday, March 17, 2021
From the 1874 DuPage Atlas – Frederick Long
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At sixteen years old, Fred Long emigrated from Stuttgart, Germany in 1853 and was living in Naperville by 1856. There is no record of his pa...
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Naperville 1920 Flashback: The Kroehler Co. Baseball Team
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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...
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Not Always Sunny in 1913 Naperville
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Looking back at 1913 Naperville calls up sentimental images of a possibly better time, but there was also a downside. as seen in the f...
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