This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
CITY COUNCIL UP OLD TRICKS
Top photo shows Frank Columbus explaining roofing paper application to a drying looper at Ruberoid plant with Miss Gertrude Rosell and Raymond J. Fenell watching. Lower photo features Francis Jesenowski demonstrating an addressing machine at Illinois Bell Joliet office to a teaching group guided by IBT superintendent Carole Egan and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Columbus
Gertrude Rosell
Washington School
Raymond J. Fenell
Kelvin Grove
Lockport
Francis Jesenowski
Joliet
Illinois
Bell Telephone Company
Everett Nelson
Joliet Township High School
Jesenowski
Jeanne Jurick
Channahon
Carole Egan
IBT
Doris Gladders