Wednesday, July 30, 2014

The Lavelle Family Moves into a Prairie Beauty--1924

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     The beautiful brick home located at 5720 Lowell Avenue is one of the best examples of the Prairie style located within the ...
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Friday, July 25, 2014

Color Photo of Missions Building--1955

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The Disciples of Christ had been operating the Missions facility at 222 South Downey Avenue for forty-five years when this photo was publish...
Monday, July 21, 2014

IPS #58 Graduation Photo--1929

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They all dressed in white.  The girls donned a bobbed style while most of the boys slicked down their hair.  In the early summer of 1929, th...
Friday, July 18, 2014

Azbell Distribution Company c1950

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Entrepreneur Fred Azbell opened his own business in the mid-twentieth century selling Bowes Auto Parts.  Eventually, he secured a commercial...
Sunday, July 13, 2014

A Brick Tudor-Revival in Northern Irvington

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Most of the homes in the 1100 block of North Butler Avenue were built in the 1920s although the lovely brick Tudor-Revival structure at 1121...
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Friday, July 11, 2014

Scenes Along North Butler Avenue in the 1940s

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The 1100 block of North Butler Avenue was at the far edge of the city in 1943. In fact, the people who canvased the area for the Polk's ...
Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Butler Avenue 1943 and Now

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While Fred Azbell was away serving the country during World War II, his father-in-law, T. Newton White, took over the family business locate...