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Ritzman Photo Collection
Floyd R. Ritzman (1885-1975) was a teacher and administrator in the DeKalb public school system. His passion was photography, especially of trains. When the Ritzman family traveled, Floyd always carried a camera. According to his son, Allyn, he and his father would take drives with the intention of photographing area depots, trains, bridges and events.
Through the generosity of Allyn, his father’s collection of photographs was donated to the Joiner History Room in Sycamore. The collection contains pictures of many railway trains, including 400 pictures of the Chicago North Western Railway trains, and 135 pictures of the Chicago Great Western Railway trains.
The Ritzman Photo Collection was digitized in collaboration with the Joiner History Room. For more information, please see their webpage.
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- Crimson Days
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, Held From September 21-23, 1899, Parade Down East Lincoln Highway, Showing Stores on North Side of the Street, DeKalb, Commercial/Business, Equipment, People, Place, Lincoln Highway, Economic Development, Entertainment
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- Railroad Crossing
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, DeKalb, Looking East from Third Street, Fourth Street Bank on Left, East Lincoln Highway, South Side Rear of Buildings, DeKalb, Financial, Industrial, Equipment, Place, Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, Fourth Street, Lincoln Highway, Third Street, Economic Development
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- Victor Cemetery, Hope Still Fritz Grave Marker
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., Stone Reads "1753 Hope Still Fritz 1844 Her Four Sons Fought for Liberty", DeKalb, Place, Economic Development
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- American Steel and Wire Capperas Plant, Inside Plant
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, Barbed Wire, Men in Photo, Wooden Floors, Plant Located at Tenth Street, Later Fourth Street Motors and Now Mooney's, DeKalb, Formerly Ellwood Barb Wire Company, DeKalb, Commercial/Business, Industrial, Equipment, People, Place, American Steel and Wire Company, Fourth Street, Economic Development
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- Pooler School
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, Afton Township Section 2A, First School West of Cortland-Hinckley, Blacktop Curve, Rural One Room School House, Cornfields, Out House/Out-Buildings in Background, Rural DeKalb, DeKalb, Educational, Place, Agriculture, Education
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- Looking West Between Third Street and Fourth Street
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, On Lincoln Highway (Main Street), Vaile and O'Malley Clothing and Shoes Company, DeKalb, Commercial/Business, Place, Fourth Street, Lincoln Highway, Third Street, Economic Development
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- DeKalb Arch
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, West Lincoln Highway, Looking Southwest Near 628 (Approximately Across From McDonald?s), Drive-In Barely Visible, Near Arch, ?We?ll Be Lonesome Without You?, Site of Present Junction Shopping Center; Trolley Car Electric Wire Visible Over Street, DeKalb, Monumental, Place, DeKalb Arch, Lincoln Highway, Economic Development
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- Post Office, Standard Service Station
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, Post Office at Lincoln Highway and First Street, Taken From the Northeast, Looking Southwest, DeKalb, First Street, Lincoln Highway, Law and Society, Political Development
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- Second Street East
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, Glidden (1876) House, East Lincoln Highway at Second Street, Looking East Toward Third Street, Northeast Side of Street, H. U. Meyers Optician Millinery, V. A. Glidden, Bloom's the Good Clothes Store, Dentist, Tailor, Street Car Tracks, DeKalb, Commercial/Business, Place, Lincoln Highway, Second Street, Third Street, Economic Development
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- Third Street and Lincoln Highway
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, Northwest Corner, Jacob Haish (Building), Erected 1876 - Burned and Rebuilt 1908", United States Annuity and Life Insurance Co., W, E, Bodman, District Manager, J. W. Corkings Real Estate, Insurance, Loans, Western Lands, Pure Drugs; Kirchner's Drug Store, DeKalb, Commercial/Business, Place, Lincoln Highway, Third Street, Economic Development
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- Church Northwest of Hinckley
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., Hinckley, Township, Immanuel Lutheran Church, Rural Location, DeKalb, Religious, Place, Religion
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- One Room Schoolhouse
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., Shabbona, Shabbona District Number 126, 1856, DeKalb, Educational, Place, Education
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- Kishwaukee Country Club
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, Club House, Sycamore Road, DeKalb, Commercial/Business, Place, Entertainment
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- Downtown Malta
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., Malta, Hotel Malta in Background, People in The Street, DeKalb, Commercial/Business, People, Place, Economic Development
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- 2 Unknown Girls, Brownie Club, DeKalb Chronicle Souvenir Book 1899, Page 133
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, Women and Gender
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- Lost Grove New Years Ball Invitation January 1, 1852
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., Very Nineteenth Century Wording, Style and Photo/Drawing, DeKalb
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- Pent House
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, Forrest Andrews Dodge Agency with East Lincoln Highway Elks Club Right, Lincoln Highway North, DeKalb, Commercial/Business, Place, Lincoln Highway, Economic Development
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- A&P, East Lincoln Highway
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, Wedburg & Flush Buildings, Sanitary Barber Shop, Society Brand Clothes, Dr. Don A. Frantz Eye-Site Specialist, Dr. L. L. Smith Dentist, A. C. Allyn & Company, Investments & Securities, DeKalb, Commercial/Business, Place, Lincoln Highway, Economic Development
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- Sycamore Courthouse Mammoth Ball Invitation
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., Sycamore, Very Nineteenth Century Wording, Style and Photo/Drawing, DeKalb
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- Second Street Bank
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, Remodeled Inside, East Lincoln Highway at Second Street Looking South Down Second Street, First National Bank, DeKalb, Commercial/Business, Lincoln Highway, Second Street, Economic Development
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- Sixth Street and East Lincoln Highway
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, Looking Northeast, Sunrise Service Station, Across from Present Location of DeKalb U. S. Post Office, Near Present East Side --- East Lincoln Highway McDonald's, DeKalb
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- DeKalb Fire Station
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, Fourth Street, Fire Engine and Firemen, Brick Streets, Shows Electric Train Tracks in Street, DeKalb
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- Montgomery Ward
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, East Lincoln Highway, Looking South Side of Street, Near First Street, DeKalb, Commercial/Business, Place, Montgomery Ward, First Street, Lincoln Highway, Economic Development
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- Auto Truck DeKalb Fire Department
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, DeKalb, Illinois, Fourth Street, Fire Engine and Firemen, Brick Streets, Shows Electric Train Tracks in Street, DeKalb, Commercial/Business, Equipment, Place, Fourth Street, Economic Development
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- Centennielle Ball, Universal Societie of Sycamore Invitation
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., 100 Year Anniversary ? 1776-1876, Very Nineteenth Century Wording and Style, DeKalb