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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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- DeKalb Fire Station Number 1
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, Located at 124 North Fourth Street, Near Current Location of City of DeKalb Municipal Building, Horse Drawn Fire Engines, DeKalb, Government, Equipment, People, Place, Fourth Street, Economic Development
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- DeKalb Fire Station Number 2
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, Located At 1154 N. 7th Street, Firemen and Horse Drawn Fire Engine, DeKalb, Industrial, Equipment, People, Place, Seventh Street, Economic Development
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- DeKalb Fire Truck
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, Firemen Posing With Fire Truck, DeKalb, Government, Equipment, People, Place, Economic Development
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- DeKalb Fire Department
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, Firemen in Uniforms Posing with Fire Truck, Band Box Cleaners Next Door to Fire House, Number 128 Next Door, DeKalb, Government, Equipment, People, Place, Economic Development
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- Waltham and Elgin Watches
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, The Reliable Dry Goods, 153 East Lincoln Highway, DeKalb, Commercial/Business, Place, Lincoln Highway, Economic Development
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- DeKalb Latimer School
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, Section 5, District Number 61, Rich Road, DeKalb Township, Photo Shows Actual One Room School House Building, Cornfields in Background, Outhouses Behind School, DeKalb, Educational, Place, Agriculture, Education
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- Fall of Arch
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, East Lincoln Highway Looking Southeast, Come Again, Farm Fields, DeKalb, Monumental, Place, DeKalb Arch, Lincoln Highway, Economic Development
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- Fall of Arch
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, East Lincoln Highway Looking Southeast, Come Again, Farm Fields, DeKalb, Monumental, Place, DeKalb Arch, Lincoln Highway, Economic Development
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- Looking West at Fourth Street Railroad Crossing
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, Wiezen?s Clothing, Shoes, Dresses, Hotel Arlington, Cleaner-Tailor, Gas, Western Union, DeKalb, Commercial/Business, Place, Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, Fourth Street, Lincoln Highway, Economic Development
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- At Start of Wrecking Old Haish Building
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, Fraternal Order of Elks, Boston Store, Ice Cream, Candy, Peanuts, Popcorn Stand, East Lincoln Highway Looking East, DeKalb, Commercial/Business, Place, Lincoln Highway, Economic Development
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- DeKalb Latimer School
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, Section 5, District Number 61, Rich Road, DeKalb Township, Classroom Photo of Teacher and Students, Students Sitting at Period Desks, Traditional Dress for That Period, Teacher Standing in Back of Classroom, DeKalb, Educational, Equipment, People, Place, Education
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- DeKalb Latimer School
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, Section 5, District Number 61, Rich Road, DeKalb Township, Classroom Photo with Teacher at her Desk, Students Listening to Teacher, Period Dress and Furniture, with Period Decor, DeKalb, Educational, Equipment, People, Place, Education
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- West Lincoln Highway
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, Looking Southwest Near 628 (Approximately Across from McDonald's), Drive-In, Curb Service, Sandwiches, Coca-Cola, Seven-Up, Site of Present Junction Shopping Center (2004), DeKalb, Commercial/Business, Place, Lincoln Highway, Economic Development
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- DeKalb Arch
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, West Lincoln Highway Looking Southeast, Maker #126, DeKalb City Limit Sign ? Population 8545, Coca-Cola, Sandwiches, DeKalb, Commercial/Business, Place, DeKalb Arch, Lincoln Highway, Economic Development
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- DeKalb Latimer School Kids
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, Section 5, District Number 61, Rich Road, DeKalb Township, Class Photo of Teacher and Students, Taken Outdoors, School House/Building in Background, Traditional Dress of Teacher and Students, Some Children are Bare Foot, DeKalb, Educational, People, Place, Education
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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, DeKalb, Educational, People, Place, Education
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- West Lincoln Highway
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, Looking Southwest, Drive-In, Near 628 (Approximately Across from McDonalds) Drive-In, Curb Service, Sandwiches, Coca-Cola, Seven-Up, Near Arch, DeKalb, Commercial/Business, Monumental, Place, DeKalb Arch, Lincoln Highway, Lincoln Highway, Economic Development