Agreement and Grant with the Northwestern Gas, Light & Coke Company, 1910
Agreement and grant for the Northwestern Gas, Light, and Coke Company to service Golf Road from North Branch Road to the Glenview Golf Club Grounds for 40 years in Niles Center, Illinois (Skokie). The owners of land in that section were John D. Derves, D. G. Drake and George P. Merrick.
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
1910-06
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My Heart's in Niles Center Sheet Music, 1926
This sheet music, written by Caspar Nathan and L. E. Delson, was the official song of the Greater Niles Center Association. The song, as seen in the lyrics, was used to promote Niles Center to prospective real estate developers and buyers. In the lyrics, Niles Center is referred to as the Triangle of Fortune, the place of opportunity, and as Chicago's Garden spot. On the back of the sheet music the Greater Niles Center Association advertises a contest open to all to write the best letter, story or essay about Niles Center. Those entering the contest were to write about Greater Niles Center's location, about its transportation, facilities, developments, improvements, construction already in and contemplated, its city plan, the new or developed sections, about the profits made in real estate, or a treatise on its possibilities for rapid growth. Niles Center, Illinois, was renamed Skokie in 1940.
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
1926
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Real Estate Contract between Charles Kindt and Sophia Kassens, 1900
Copy of a real estate contract between Charles Kindt and Sophia Kassens for the North 56 feet of Lot number 18 in Peter Blameuser's subdivision in Niles Center, Illinois (Skokie). The lot includes a house, barn and outhouse. Sophia Kassens sold the lot to Charles Kindt for $1,900. The contract was witnessed by George H. Klehm.
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
1900-06-25
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Children standing in front of the Fritz Rose Family Home, circa 1900
Black and white photograph of children standing in front of the Fritz Rose Family home on the Southwest corner of Touhy Avenue and Carpenter Road in Niles Center, Illinois (Skokie).
A future Village trustee, Fritz Rose operated the Niles Centre Hotel on the corner of Lincoln Avenue and Oakton Street.
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
1900 circa
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Emil Blameuser's Greenhouse, interior, late 1880s
Black and white photograph of the interior of Emil Blameuser's greenhouse in Niles Center, Illinois (Skokie). Emil Blameuser is at the center of the photograph picking sweet pea flowers. The note on the back of the postcard says, "Inside view of our sweet pea ranch."
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
1889 circa; c. late 1880s
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Fred Hachmeister House at 5010 Warren Street
Color photograph of the Fred Hachmeister home located at 5010 Warren Street in Skokie, Illinois. The house, which originally was owned by Christ Hachmeister, the wagon maker, may have been moved to this location. Christ Hachmeister's shop was located in the municipal parking lot on the West side of Lincoln Avenue.
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
1980-06
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Grosse House on Galitz Street, 1900s
Black and white photograph of Herman (Buddy) Grosse's house on Galitz Street in Niles Center, Illinois (Skokie).
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
1900s circa
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Haben Family Home at 8051 Lincoln Avenue
Black and white photograph of the Haben family home at 8051 Lincoln Avenue in Skokie, Illinois. Originally the first floor was the Harrer Meat Market run by Michael Harrer, father of Adam Harrer, the first Mayor and Fire Chief. The second floor was a living space. The building is on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
1987-05-09
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Henry Harms' First Home, circa 1854
Black and white photograph of Henry Harms' first home located near the intersection of Lincoln Avenue and Oakton Street in Niles Center, Illinois (Skokie). Notice the Krumm & Bros. Co. sign on the side.
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
1854 circa
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Home at 5309 Oakton Street
Color photograph of the home at 5309 Oakton Street in Skokie, Illinois. This brick house was built by Adam Harrer, the first Fire Chief and the first Mayor of Niles Center, in 1908. The house contained two fireplaces, two parlors, four bedrooms and four bathrooms. The garden apartment was once used as a shop, and in the 1950s, the house was used as a rooming house. In the 1960s, the owner of the Fisher Stone Co., located at Niles Center Road and Main Street, accidentally died in the kitchen.
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
1908
1980-06
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Home at 8059 Floral Avenue
Color photograph of the brick house at 8059 Floral Avenue, probably built in late 1800s or early 1900s in Niles Center, Illinois (Skokie).
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
1890 circa
1980-06
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Home at 9717 Gross Point Road, built in 1871
Color photograph of the home at 9717 Gross Point Road, built in 1871 by Nicholas Kalmes in Skokie, Illinois.
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
1871
1980 circa
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John Roehl Farm and Family, late 1880s
Black and white photograph of the John Roehl farm and family located at 8235-8327 Kenton Avenue in Niles Center, Illinois (Skokie).
The Roehl Family later lived at 5252 Galitz Street. Those in the photograph include: John Roehl; his daughter; Erma Roehl; his sons, William Permer and Edward, and his second wife, Wilhelmina Permer Roehl.
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
1888 circa; c. late 1800s
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Louise Jarmuth Klehm and Edwin T. Klehm Frame House, early 1900s
Black and white photograph of the Louise Jarmuth Klehm and Edwin T. Klehm home in Niles Center, Illinois (Skokie). This white frame house was built in the 1850s and was originally owned by Johann and Christine Jarmuth. It was located at Niles Center Road and Howard Street. Johann and Christine Jarmuth immigrated from Germany in 1853 and were farmers. This house was moved to Oakton Street and Floral Avenue before 1900 and moved again to the back of the property when Louise and Edwin T. Klehm built their home in front.
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
1905 circa; c. early 1900s
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Ludwig Schmitt's Carnation Greenhouse, exterior, late 1800s
Black and white photograph of the exterior of Ludwig Schmitt's carnation greenhouse in Niles Center, Illinois (Skokie).
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
1890 circa; c. late 1800s - early 1900s
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Ludwig Schmitt's Carnation Greenhouse, interior, late 1880s
Black and white photograph of the interior of Ludwig Schmitt's carnation greenhouse in Niles Center, Illinois (Skokie). Charles August Schmitt is at center picking carnations.
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
1890 circa; c. late 1800s - early 1900s
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The Jacob Meyer Family in the aster field between their home and greenhouse, circa 1910
Black and white photograph of the Jacob Meyer family in the aster field between their home and greenhouse located at 5406 Lincoln Avenue in Niles Center, Illinois (Skokie). George Meyer is at the center. The log cabin currently located at the Skokie Heritage Museum, 8031 Floral Avenue, may have been part of the larger building to the right.
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
1910; c. 1910s
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Truck Farmers with produce, early 1900s
Black and white photograph of truck farmers with produce in B. Doetsch, Truck Gardener, Gross Point truck, probably in Niles Center, Illinois (Skokie).
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
c. early 1900s
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Architectural Drawings for Edwin T. Klehm Residence
Architectural drawings for Edwin T. Klehm home, which was located at the Northwest corner of Oakton Street and Floral Avenue in Niles Center, Illinois (Skokie), until it was torn down in 1959. The home was the first to have indoor plumbing, powered by windmill, and the first to have electricity. The highly detailed drawings show all exterior views of the house including the front, back, sides, and roof. There are also interior floor plans for the entire house, including the first and second floors, the attic and the basement.
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
1900 circa; c. late 1800s - early 1900s
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