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Local Resident Directory Entries for several households
A roster of residents and their occupations with addresses listed for multiple individuals, including Zenk Gustaf, Garden City Creamery managers, Western Electric workers, C & NW clerks, and Public Service staff, all living on Harlem av, Circle av, Desplaines av, and surrounding streets. The list names spouses and relatives, trades from carpenters to janitors, and notes cemetery workers and police, reflecting a neighborhood directory snippet.
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Zenk Gustaf
Lena
Mkr
C & NW
Belvidere
Zidman Joseph
Dora
Mgr
Garden City Creamery
Chicago
Ziebeli Bertha
Wks Western Elect
Circle
Ziebell Edward
Cutter
Zebel Herman Jr
Ziebell Herman
Bertha
Wks
Ziegler Ada
Stenog O’brien
Thomas
Ziegler
Charles L
Edith
Carp
Harlem
Louise
Elk
Ziegler Wm C
Clk
Ziehnert
August
Lab
Zimmerman Albert
Monroe
Zimmerman Alice
Elk Garden City Creamery
Zimmerman August
Mary
Wks Am Can Co
Zimmerman August Jr
Zimmerman Chris
Frieda
Wks Public Service
Zimmerman Dorothy
Desplaines