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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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- Daniel Weaver, Company G, 95th Illinois Infantry
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, People, Civil War
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- Decoration Day (Memorial Day) Parade
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, East Lincoln Highway at Second Street, Facing West, DeKalb, Commercial/Business, Monumental, People, Place, Lincoln Highway, Second Street, Economic Development, Entertainment
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- Souvenir, East Paw Paw Public School
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., Paw Paw, DeKalb
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- Haish House Being Razed
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, DeKalb, Residential, Place, Jacob Haish Home, Pine Street, Third Street
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- Haish House Being Razed
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, DeKalb, Residential, Place, Jacob Haish Home, Pine Street, Third Street
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- Veterans' Memorial Clock
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, East Lincoln Highway and Third Street, Dedication of Memorial Clock, Still Drugs, Jacob Haish State Bank, Bands, Many People, DeKalb, Commercial/Business, Financial, Monumental, People, Place, Veterans' Memorial Clock, Lincoln Highway, Third Street, Economic Development
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- Glidden School
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, North First Street, South of Lincoln Highway and Garden Street, DeKalb, Educational, People, Place, Glidden School, First Street, Education
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- Glidden School, North First Street
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, South of Lincoln Highway and Garden Street, DeKalb, Educational, People, Glidden School, First Street, Education
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- One Room Schoolhouse
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, Educational, Place, Education
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- Operating Room
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., Sycamore, Operating Room, Sycamore (Westgate) Surgical Hospital, Somonauk Street At Corner With Elm Street, Drs. L. A. Westgate and C. B. Brown, Operated Here, Very Well Equipped For Its Time, DeKalb, Medical, Equipment, Place, Economic Development, Women and Gender
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- Clinton Rosette
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, Printer-Editor of the DeKalb Chronicle, Lived at 319 North Second Street, Civic Leader of City of DeKalb, for Whom Founders Memorial Library at NIU was Named for, also had Clinton Rosette Middle School in DeKalb Named for Him, DeKalb, People, Economic Development, Education, Entertainment, Political Development
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- WCTU Sisters
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., Sycamore, Sycamore Chautauque, Women Sitting Outside of Tent, Vintage Clothing on Women, Dress of that Period of Time, DeKalb, Educational, People, Place, Economic Development, Education, Women and Gender
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- Looking West Between Second Street and Third Street on Lincoln Highway (Main Street)
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, DeKalb, Commercial/Business, Place, Lincoln Highway, Second Street, Third Street, Economic Development
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- Sycamore Surgical Hospital
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., Sycamore, Sycamore, Illinois, Somonauk Street At Corner With Elm Street, Advertisement For Sycamore (Westgate) Surgical Hospital, Photos of Dr. L. A. Westgate and Dr. C. B. Brown, Shows Floor Plan of Surgical Hospital, DeKalb, Medical, People, Place, Economic Development, Women and Gender
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- Dr. Westgate
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., Sycamore, Physician at Sycamore (Westgate) Surgical Hospital, Somonauk Street At Corner With Elm Street, Photograph, Known As Dr. L. A. Westgate, Note Dress and Hair Style of the Period, DeKalb, Medical, People, Place, Economic Development, Women and Gender
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- Adams Aerial Survey
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, Erie, Illinois, Photo Order Number 140, Aerial View of Northern Illinois University Campus and City of DeKalb. Altgeld Hall , Williston Hall (Dorm Building at the Time Photo was Taken), Still Hall and Gym, Wirtz Hall all Visible, Normal Road, Lincoln Highway, North First Street, all Visible, Railroad Tracks, Coal Tipple, DeKalb Daily Chronicle Building, DeKalb Post Office, Locust Street, Sycamore Road, DeKalb Township High School, Ellwood House, Lucinda Avenue, DeKalb, Commercial/Business, Educational, Government, Monumental, Place, 1906 Post Office, DeKalb Daily Chronicle Building, Ellwood House, Fifth Street, First Street, Fourth Street, John Street, Lincoln Highway, Locust Street, Main Street, Normal Road, Second Street, Seventh Street, Sixth Street, Sycamore Road, Third Street, Agriculture, Economic Development, Education
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- Horace George
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, People, Frontier Settlement
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- Authorization for Edgar P. Coleman
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., Providing for Transportation and Expense Money to the Illinois Surviving Participants of the Battle of Gettysburg, DeKalb, Civil War, Law and Society
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- Bath and Toilet
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., Sycamore, Sycamore (Westgate) Surgical Hospital, Somonauk Street At Corner With Elm Street, Drs. L. A. Westgate and C. Brown, Operated Here, Shows Style of ??Water Closet'', DeKalb, Medical, Equipment, Place, Economic Development, Women and Gender
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- DeKalb Arch
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, Far East Lincoln Highway, East DeKalb Arch, demolition, DeKalb, Monumental, Place, DeKalb Arch, Lincoln Highway, Economic Development
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- Northern Illinois State Normal School, Dekalb, Illinois
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, Press of Sherman Printing Company, DeKalb, Illinois, Northern Illinois State Normal School, Later Northern Illinois State College and Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Educational, Place, Normal School, Education
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- Private Room
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., Sycamore, Sycamore (Westgate) Surgical Hospital, Somonauk Street At Corner With Elm Street, Drs. L. A. Westgate and C. Brown, Operated Here, Very Stylish Patient Room, DeKalb, Medical, Equipment, Place, Economic Development, Women and Gender
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- Dekalb County Jail and Sheriff's Residence, Sycamore, Illinois
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., Sycamore, DeKalb, Government, Place
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- Campus Scene; Northern Illinois State Normal School, DeKalb, Illinois
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, View of Pond in Foreground, Northern Illinois State Normal School, Later Northern Illinois State College and Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Educational, Place, Normal School, Education
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- Kitchen
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., Sycamore, Kitchen, Sycamore (Westgate) Surgical Hospital, Somonauk Street At Corner With Elm Street, Drs. L. A. Westgate and C. Brown, Operated Here, Example of Kitchen of That Period, DeKalb, Medical, Equipment, Place, Economic Development, Women and Gender