Today...Beno's Department Store stands on a portion of the site where the [New Pacific] hotel was located. The new hotel was shifted into a wing of what is now the Wickham Building after an 1872 fire. The new hotel closed in 1893. Today streetcars…
Today...all the old buildings are gone, except the one at extreme left. Dominating the present scene are the B and G Hosiery Shops, the Clark Drug Store and Joe Smith and Co. Citizens no longer line stiffly for such a common occurrence as a…
Today...the same space is occupied by The Nonpareil publishing plant. The paper's building was created shortly after fire destroyed the Brown building in the middle 20's.
New Tinley School...on southwest corner of Eighth St. and Avenue G is ready for occupancy. Students will move from the Eighth Street School, left, into the new $344,000 building on Friday.
Shopping for winter coat . . . at local store is Gunnar Sigurosson. Helping him are Robert and Marcia Robnett, hosts for the foreign exchange student. --Nonpareil Photo.
These buildings at Seventh street and Fifth avenue will be razed for construction of a new St. Francis high school building. The high school occupies the center building, while the sisters are now housed in the left wing. The auditorium is at the…
The Dodge Light Guard Armory at Pearl St. and Fifth Ave. will be replaced with a new $200,000 structure. The newer section of the building, at the left, will be retained. The outlined section will be razed.
Looking at paintings of Granada . . . are Janet and Joan Harding, Jose Montoya and Warren Harding. The color sketches were brought by Jose as gifts to the Hardings. --Nonpareil Photo.
Leo A. Hoegh poses here today after President Eisenhower picked him to head the new Office of Defense and Civilian Mobilization which opens for business July 1. Hoegh now directs the Civil Defense Administration, which is being merged with the Office…
To feed machine . . . an all hydraulic gantry crane sits high above wheels and rails to keep the hungry shredder's hopper full. Big jaws on the crane easily grab an auto off the pile of thousands on hand. The bodies are fed into the Alter yard from…
Thomas Jefferson High School students and graduates are presenting a tribute to R.H. Flanders Thursday at 12:30 p.m. and Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Fanders, seated in the center of the group, is T.J.'s former drama teacher and current…