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    • Fred H. Horne Plumbing & Heating, Inc.

    • Fred H. Horne Plumbing & Heating, Inc.

    • Business enterprises; Plumbers; Furnaces; Service industries;

    • Located at a residence at 305 East Church Street on the south side of the street, Fred H. Horne, Inc. was a heating and plumbing business. Commercial/industrial buildings took over the site in the 1960s and '70s.
    • Libertyville History
    • Bruns Realty Company

    • Bruns Realty Company

    • Business enterprises; Contractors; Real estate business; Construction industry

    • This building at 221 South Milwaukee Avenue housed the Bruns Realty Co. and the E. J. Bruns Construction Company. Their business included residential developments as well as building to suit the owner's specifications on their own lot. Bruns also...
    • Libertyville History
    • Liberty Lake (south shore)

    • Liberty Lake (south shore)

    • Lakes; Ice industry

    • Liberty Lake lies between Park Avenue (Route 176) and the Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad tracks west of the Des Plaines River in Libertyville. It was created as the result of dredging for sand and gravel during the late 19th and 20th...
    • Libertyville History
    • The Dall House

    • The Dall House

    • Stores, Retail; Business enterprises; Interior decoration firms; Service industries; Children's clothing industry; Gift shops;

    • The Dall House was located in the Dall Building at 705 North Milwaukee Avenue. The Children's Shop, a children's clothing store, was located next door to the north. The Dall House specialized in interior decoration materials, draperies, slip covers...
    • Libertyville History
    • Galiger Heating Company

    • Galiger Heating Company

    • Business enterprises; Service industries; Heating equipment industry; Furnaces; Air conditioning ;

    • Galiger Heating Company, a residential and commercial heating business, was owned by Bert Galiger and Frank Stafford, and was located in a building in a village parking lot. This business sold and serviced warm air systems and hot water baseboard...
    • Libertyville History
    • Liberty Lake (south shore)

    • Liberty Lake (south shore)

    • Lakes; Ice industry

    • Liberty Lake lies between Park Avenue (Route 176) and the Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad tracks west of the Des Plaines River in Libertyville. It was created as the result of dredging for sand and gravel during the late 19th and 20th...
    • Libertyville History
    • Village Press

    • Village Press

    • Printing industry; Printing-press

    • Formerly Wilcox Press, the Village Press was purchased in 1945 by John and Elizabeth Pyle. It has remained in business for over 60 years.
    • Libertyville History
    • Grocery Store Products

    • Grocery Store Products

    • Business enterprises; Factories; Food industry and trade;

    • Known simply as Foulds, the building pictured here was originally the factory and headquarters of Foulds Macaroni Company which moved to Libertyville from Cincinnati in 1906. The structure, originally a ladder factory, was built in 1894 with...
    • Libertyville History
    • Hilltop Service Station

    • Hilltop Service Station

    • Coal trade; Service stations; Business enterprises; Ice industry

    • This service station was located north of the railroad tracks on the west side of the street at 815 North Milwaukee Avenue during the early 1950s. It also housed the offices for Libertyville Coal and Ice Company. Some of Hilltop's business may have...
    • Libertyville History
    • Brown Paper Goods Company

    • Brown Paper Goods Company

    • Business enterprises; Manufacturing industries; Paper bag industry; Factories

    • Brown Paper Goods Company was founded in 1918 and located to Libertyville in 1940. According to a 1951 Libertyville directory, Brown Paper Goods manufactured and printed "various types of bags used for packing of bakery products, coffee, candy,...
    • Libertyville History
    • Brown Paper Goods Company

    • Brown Paper Goods Company

    • Business enterprises; Manufacturing industries; Paper bag industry; Factories

    • Brown Paper Goods Company was founded in 1918 and located to Libertyville in 1940. According to a 1951 Libertyville directory, Brown Paper Goods manufactured and printed "various types of bags used for packing of bakery products, coffee, candy,...
    • Libertyville History
    • 1951 Libertyville Directory and Street Guide

    • 1951 Libertyville Directory and Street Guide

    • Telephone -- Directories -- Yellow pages; Telephone -- Directories; Street addresses; Directories;

    • Consists of Libertyville residential and classified directories, listing and description of churches, government offices, schools, industries, organizations, and a professional directory, map and street guide.
    • Libertyville History
    • Foulds Macaroni Factory, Libertyville

    • Foulds Macaroni Factory, Libertyville

    • Business enterprises; Factories; Water-towers; Food industry and trade; Foulds Macaroni Company;

    • Factory and headquarters of Foulds Macaroni Company which moved to Libertyville from Cincinnati in 1906. The structure, originally a ladder factory, was built in 1894 with timbers from the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. In its early...
    • Libertyville History
    • Byron Prosser at the press

    • Byron Prosser at the press

    • Printing-press; Printing business; Printing industry;

    • Byron Prosser (1895-1954). Byron Prosser was the great-grandson of Dr. William Crane, an early Libertyville resident and the first Libertyville Township supervisor. Born in Ohio, he moved to Libertyville with his mother, Eva Stone Prosser, in 1897....
    • Libertyville History
    • Mining Industry History

    • Mining Industry History

    • Centralia (Ill.)--History; Coal mines and mining; Coal mines and mining (Centralia, Ill.)--History; Coal mines and mining--Illinois--Egypt

    • A series of oral history tapes compiled by the Centralia Public Library (Centralia Regional Library District) Board of Trustees in 1975-1976.
    • Oral Histories of Centralia
    • Outdoor Illinois

    • Outdoor Illinois
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    • Special Edition 150th Anniversary of the Illinois Natural History Survey, including The Origins of INHS; Specimen Number One; Branching Out; Government Partnerships; Research in Writing; Todays INHS; Everybodys Involved; FieldStations; Becoming an...
    • Electronic Documents of Illinois

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