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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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- Dr. Hopkins House
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, 255 Normal Road, DeKalb, DeKalb, Residential, Place, Normal Road, Economic Development
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- Hurt Club
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, 528 College Avenue, DeKalb, Illinois, DeKalb, Residential, Place, Entertainment
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- Wallace Jackson House
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, 327 Normal Road, DeKalb, Illinois, Car: Willys Knight, DeKalb, Residential, Place, Normal Road, Economic Development
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- St. Mary's Hospital
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, 145 Fisk Avenue, Taken From First Street Looking East, Brick Streets, Later DeKalb Board of Education Building, 2004 Abandonded Building, Empty, DeKalb, Commercial/Business, Educational, Place, St. Mary's Hospital, First Street, Economic Development, Education
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- President William McKinley
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, Northwestern Train Station, Between Fourth and Sixth Streets, DeKalb, DeKalb, Commercial/Business, Government, Industrial, Equipment, People, Place, Fourth Street, Sixth Street, Law and Society, Political Development
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- President William McKinley
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, Northwestern Train Station, Between Fourth and Sixth Streets, DeKalb, DeKalb, Government, Industrial, Equipment, People, Place, Fourth Street, Sixth Street, Law and Society, Political Development
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- Kishwaukee River
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, Showing Lincoln Highway Bridge Looking North, Gas Station, Pearl and John Streets, DeKalb, Monumental, Place, John Street, Entertainment
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- Kiwanis Milk Drive
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, DeKalb Dairy Company, Kiwanis Club of DeKalb, School Milk Fund Help, We Build, DeKalb, People, Agriculture, Education
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- E. J. Kellogg House
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, 505 South Second Street, Later Earl Kennedy House, DeKalb, Residential, People, Place, Second Street, Economic Development, Women and Gender
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- Kishwaukee River
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, Showing Lincoln Highway Bridge, People Sitting on Bridge Rail, Horse and Buggy, DeKalb, Monumental, People, Place, Lincoln Highway, Entertainment
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- Bruce and Henry Lundberg
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., Brothers in Matching White Outfits, DeKalb, People, Law and Society
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- North First Street and Sycamore Road, DeKalb
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, Lundberg House Foreground, High School Background, Brick Streets, DeKalb, Educational, Residential, Place, First Street, Sycamore Road, Economic Development, Education
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- Bruce and Henry Lundberg
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., Brothers in Serious Pose, DeKalb, People, Law and Society
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- Bruce and Henry Lundberg
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., Brothers in Boxing Outfits, DeKalb, People, Law and Society
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- South Main Street Sycamore
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., Sycamore, 519 South Main Street was the Moudrey Home, in 2002 Nancy Turks Owns, House Somewhat Remodeled Currently, Taken at Intersection of West Lincoln Street and South Main Street, West Side of South Main Street, Two Blocks South of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. John (burned Feb. 2004), Church was Located at the Corner of South Main Street and Ottawa Street, DeKalb, Residential, Place, Main Street, Economic Development, Religion
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- Nehring Manufacturing Wire & Cable
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, Nehring Electrical Works; Weatherproof Wire and Cable, DeKalb, Ill., 121 North Ninth Street and Locust Street, DeKalb, Industrial, Place, Nehring Manufacturing Wire and Cable, Locust Street, Economic Development
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- Photographer
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., Large-Format Camera (View Camera), DeKalb, People, Economic Development
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- Isaac Potter House
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, 604 South Third Street Near Roosevelt Street, Owned Now by Mrs. Sarah (J. A.) Russell, Woman on Porch, Men in Yard, DeKalb, Residential, People, Place, Third Street, Economic Development, Women and Gender
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- Milan Town Hall
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, Milan Township, Rural DeKalb, Corn Fields, DeKalb, Government, Place, Agriculture, Political Development, Law and Society
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- Milan Township, Gas Station and Store
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, Opposite Milan Town Hall and School, Rural DeKalb, Mobil Gas and Oil, Cornfields, Intersection, DeKalb, Commercial/Business, Equipment, Place, Agriculture, Economic Development
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- Office of I. V. Randall
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, Grove Street, West of Third Street, New Idea Farm Machinery, John Deere Farm Machinery, Later Site of Hakala Office, DeKalb, Commercial/Business, Place, Third Street, Agriculture, Economic Development, Law and Society
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- Floyd Ritzman House
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., Lived Here 1911, 129 College Avenue, DeKalb, Residential, Place, Third Street, Economic Development
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- Clarence and Zola Palmer House
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, 303 North Second Street, DeKalb, DeKalb, Residential, Place, Second Street, Economic Development
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- John Piggott (Right) and William Minnegan (Left)
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., Photo Copied October 1942 from M&M Pharmacy from Old Faded Postcard. Gave them 5x7 Negative and Six Prints, Sold to Gus Anderson, DeKalb, People, Entertainment, Frontier Settlement
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- Charles W. Marsh Farm
- Joiner History Room, Sycamore Public Library., DeKalb, Sycamore Road, DeKalb, Now Hopkins Park, Gas Powered Tractor, Wagons, Gentleman Standing on Side of the Road, DeKalb, Commercial/Business, Equipment, People, Place, Sycamore Road, Agriculture