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Vintage Main Street, Sugar Grove, Illinois: Dirt Road with horses tied to hitching posts in front of homes. An open horseless carriage drives down the center of the street.
Miller's Store (Ice Cream Parlor and Pool Hall) and early Post Office can be seen on the right hand side of the street.
Vintage Main Street Postcard: Men repairing electric and telephone lines after a winter storm and tree branch down.
Handwritten Note:
Looking north from Main Street, Sugar Grove, Illinois.
Looking north from Main Street, Sugar Grove, Illinois.
McCannon Family: Postcard, Children playing in the snow. 1915.
Postcard addressed to Mrs. W.C. Willis, Aurora, Illinois
Dear Folks,
Hope you are all well, and that Katherine is all OK now. Ben is in [?] now. Tied a comforter yesterday. Well must close. Aren't my boys getting big? Love, Bena [McCannon]
Dear Folks,
Hope you are all well, and that Katherine is all OK now. Ben is in [?] now. Tied a comforter yesterday. Well must close. Aren't my boys getting big? Love, Bena [McCannon]
McCannon Family Postcard: Willis McCannon. 1914.
Postcard is among the McCannon Family Photos. Adjacent portrait in the collection depicts the same child and is labeled "Frank & Willis McCannon 1914"
Postcard from Francie to Alice Myrer. April 9, 1909.
(Backside only)
Postcard: Sugar Grove Normal School
Handwritten Message:
Dear Minnie,
Am ashamed not to have writing sooner after you have been so frequently lonely. Will write a letter this week and tell you how I am getting along. Smooth sailing so far.
Lovingly, Josephine
Dear Minnie,
Am ashamed not to have writing sooner after you have been so frequently lonely. Will write a letter this week and tell you how I am getting along. Smooth sailing so far.
Lovingly, Josephine
Letter from Peleg Young Bliss to Nathan Young. June 4, 1843.
TRANSCRIPTION OF LETTER
WRITTEN BY PELEG YOUNG BLISS
Sugar Grove
June 4, 1843
Nathan,
I received your letter April and glad to see that you are on the move from Strafford. If you have made up your mind to leave for good, all that I can…
WRITTEN BY PELEG YOUNG BLISS
Sugar Grove
June 4, 1843
Nathan,
I received your letter April and glad to see that you are on the move from Strafford. If you have made up your mind to leave for good, all that I can…
Ada and Wynn Mighell: Letters from Uncle Maleohu P. Thomas. 1901. (Letter 1 of 3)
These are letters written to Ada and Wynn Mighell from their Uncle Maleohu P. Thomas. They were mailed from Schoocraft, Kalamazoo County, Michigan in 1901.
Ada and Wynn Mighell: Letters from Uncle Maleohu P. Thomas. 1901. (Letter 2 of 3)
These are letters written to Ada and Wynn Mighell from their Uncle Maleohu P. Thomas. They were mailed from Schoocraft, Kalamazoo County, Michigan in 1901.
Ada and Wynn Mighell: Letters from Uncle Maleohu P. Thomas. 1901. (Letter 1 of 3)
These are letters written to Ada and Wynn Mighell from their Uncle Maleohu P. Thomas. They were mailed from Schoocraft, Kalamazoo County, Michigan in 1901.
Mildred Mighell: Letter to Family. 1909.
TRANSCRIPTION OF LETTER FROM
MILDRED MIGHELL
Addressed to Master D. Stanton Mighell, c/o W.C. Mighell, Sugar Grove, Illinois
Cassopolis, Michigan
July 29, 1909
Dear Folks:
Are the oats all cut yet? When are you going to thrash? Is…
MILDRED MIGHELL
Addressed to Master D. Stanton Mighell, c/o W.C. Mighell, Sugar Grove, Illinois
Cassopolis, Michigan
July 29, 1909
Dear Folks:
Are the oats all cut yet? When are you going to thrash? Is…
Ashe & Finley Families Photo Album: Postcards
POSTCARD TRANSCRIPTIONS
(Partial transcriptions due to cropped postcard and illegible handwriting.)
August 1919 (?)
To: Miss R. A. Ashe, Sugar Grove, IL
From: R.F.D.
How are all at the Grove? All are able to be around. Got done thrashing…
(Partial transcriptions due to cropped postcard and illegible handwriting.)
August 1919 (?)
To: Miss R. A. Ashe, Sugar Grove, IL
From: R.F.D.
How are all at the Grove? All are able to be around. Got done thrashing…