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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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- Cortland Grand Festival Invitation
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., Cortland, Very Nineteenth Century Wording, Style, and Photo/Drawing, DeKalb
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- Genoa High School
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., Genoa, Faculty/Staff Photo Taken Outside Genoa High School, DeKalb, Educational, People, Place, Education
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- Genoa, Illinois High School
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., Genoa, Photograph of High School Building, Later Enlarged and Became Genoa-Kingston High School, Genoa High School Located on Route 72 in Genoa, DeKalb, Educational, Place, Education
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- Yee Sing Chinese Laundry
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, South Side of East Lincoln Highway Near Fifth Street Chrysler-Plymouth Service Approved Garage, Used Cars, Alley, DeKalb, Commercial/Business, Fifth Street, Lincoln Highway, Economic Development
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- Berg School Milan Township
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, District 83, Class Photo Taken Outside Berg School, Students, Teachers, Members of the School Board on Left Side of Photo, Photo Showing Full Front View of Rural School, Traditional County/Rural School Building, DeKalb, Educational, People, Place, Education
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- DeKalb High School Students Snake Dancing Down East Lincoln Highway, DeKalb
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, East Lincoln Highway, Near First Street, DeKalb Daily Chronicle Building, Painter?s Supply, Gonterman Jewelers, Route 30 Route Sign, DeKalb, Commercial/Business, Educational, Equipment, People, Place, DeKalb Daily Chronicle Building, First Street, Lincoln Highway, Economic Development, Education, Entertainment
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- DeKalb High School Students Snake Dancing Down East Lincoln Highway, DeKalb
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, East Lincoln Highway at Second Street Looking East Toward Third Street, Morris? 5 cent to $1 Store, Hotel, Secor Drugs, Veteran?s Memorial Clock, Lehan Drugs, DeKalb, Commercial/Business, Educational, Equipment, People, Place, Lincoln Highway, Second Street, Third Street, Economic Development, Education, Entertainment
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- DeKalb High School Students Snake Dancing Down East Lincoln Highway, DeKalb
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, Now on Sidewalk South Side of East Lincoln Highway, Unemployment Compensation, Swanson Electric, DeKalb Daily Chronicle Building, Standard Gas Station, Old Ellwood House ? Not Ellwood Mansion, Corner at North First Street and East Lincoln Highway, DeKalb, Commercial/Business, Educational, Equipment, People, Place, DeKalb Daily Chronicle Building, First Street, Lincoln Highway, Economic Development, Education, Entertainment
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- Yee Sing Chinese Laundry
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, 508 East Main Street (East Lincoln Highway), Chrysler-Plymouth Approved Service Garage, DeKalb, Commercial/Business, Place, Lincoln Highway, Economic Development
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- Carter House
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, Orlando (Lou) Carter, Corner of Third Street and Locust Street, Later Site of Rice Hotel, 148 North Third Street at Corner with Locust Street, Winter Season; Snow, DeKalb, Residential, Place, Locust Street, Third Street, Economic Development
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- House -- Joseph W. Corkings, 202 West Main Street
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, (West Lincoln Highway at Pearl Street), Where Marathon Gas Station is Now, View from Pearl Street Corner, Looking West, DeKalb, Residential, Place, Lincoln Highway, Economic Development
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- DeKalb Post Office, Mayo House (Elks Club)
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, Corner of First Street and Lincoln Highway, Mayo House (Elks Club) Former Ellwood House - Not Ellwood Mansion, Photo Taken from First Street Looking Southwest, DeKalb, Commercial/Business, Government, Monumental, Residential, Place, 1906 Post Office, First Street, Lincoln Highway, Economic Development
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- DeKalb Trust and Savings Bank
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, Corner of Fourth Street and Lincoln Highway, Diamond Jewelry Store, Photo Looking North, DeKalb, Commercial/Business, Financial, Place, Fourth Street, Lincoln Highway, Economic Development
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- DeKalb Hotel Where Kennedy Building Once Stood
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, Later Skorberg Corner, Fourth Street and Lincoln Highway, DeKalb, Commercial/Business, People, Place, Fourth Street, Lincoln Highway, Economic Development
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- DeKalb Hotel Looking West Along Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Tracks
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, Later Skorberg Corner, Fourth Street and East Lincoln Highway, Side View, DeKalb Sign on Hotel Building, DeKalb, Commercial/Business, People, Place, Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, Fourth Street, Lincoln Highway, Economic Development
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- Creamery Packaging Company
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, 1601 Pleasant St, DeKalb, Arial View, Water Tower, DeKalb, Industrial, Place, Creamery Package Manufacturing Company, Agriculture, Economic Development
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- DeKalb Centennial Headquarters
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, Northwest Corner of First Street and West Lincoln Highway, Old Ellwood House ? Not the Ellwood Mansion, Route 30 Route Sign, Dodge Plymouth Garage, DeKalb, Commercial/Business, Place, First Street, Lincoln Highway, Entertainment
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- DeKalb City Water Works Storage Tank
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, Looking East from Chicago and Northwestern Bridge/Railroad Tracks, DeKalb, Industrial, Residential, Equipment, Place, Economic Development
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- Girls Detasseling Corn
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, For DeKalb Agricultural Association, Enjoying a Cool Drink, DeKalb, Industrial, Equipment, People, Agriculture, Women and Gender
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- Girls Detasseling Corn
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, For DeKalb Agricultural Association, Getting a Cool Drink, DeKalb, Industrial, Equipment, People, Agriculture, Women and Gender
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- Girls Detasseling Corn
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, For DeKalb Agricultural Association, Girls in Cornfield, DeKalb, Industrial, Equipment, People, Agriculture, Women and Gender
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- Hall Club, Dodds House
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, College Avenue and John Street, DeKalb, DeKalb, Residential, Place, John Street, Economic Development
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- Girls Detasseling Corn
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, For DeKalb Agricultural Association, Meal Time, DeKalb, Industrial, People, Agriculture, Women and Gender
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- Gurler Brothers Creamery
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, Picture from Page 77 of DeKalb Chronicle Illustrated Souvenir, DeKalb, Commercial/Business, Equipment, People, Place, Gurler Brothers Creamery, Agriculture
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- Old Haish Opera House
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, 259 East Main Street (East Lincoln Highway), "Erected 1876 Burned and Rebuilt 1906 Jacob Haish" on Building, Kirchners Drug Store; Pure Drugs, Nels Erickson Tailor, United States Annuity and Life Insurance Co., W. B. Bodman District Manager, J. W. Corkings Real Estate Insurance Loans Western Lands, Dr. Ralph Smith Eye Ear Nose and Throat Doctor, East Lincoln Highway and Second Street, Second Street; John Dunn Plumbing and Heating, Auditorium Chocolate Shop, Haish Auditorium Advance Vaudeville, Horse and Buggy, Residential Home, DeKalb, Commercial/Business, Residential, Place, First Haish Opera House, Lincoln Highway, Second Street, Economic Development, Entertainment