Real estate listing postcard for large house at 9301 Hamlin Street, 1949
Real estate listing postcard for large house at 9301 Hamlin Street in Skokie, Illinois. Has 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and 1 powder room. The image on the postcard is an architectural rendering which includes floor plans. The house was under construction in March of 1949. The price was $45,500. The mortgage was $20,000.
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
1949-03-24
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Real estate listing postcard for large house at 9349 Hamlin Street, 1949
Real estate listing postcard for large house at 9349 Hamlin Street in Skokie, Illinois. Has 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and 1 powder room. The image on the postcard is an architectural rendering which includes floor plans. The house was under construction in January of 1949. The price was $45,500. The mortgage was $20,000.
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
1949-10-04
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Real estate listing postcard for large two-story brick house at 9400 Lawndale Avenue, 1947
Real estate listing postcard for large two story brick house at 9400 Lawndale Avenue in Skokie, Illinois. Has 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and 1 powder room. It was built in 1941. The price was $45,000 and there was a possibility of converting the house into apartments.
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
1941
1947-10-06
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Real estate listing postcard for modern brick and wood frame house at 8706 East Prairie Road, 1951
Real estate listing postcard for modern brick and wood frame house at 8706 East Prairie Road in Skokie, Illinois. Has 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom and 1 powder room. The price was $29,000.
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
1951-12-10
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Real estate listing postcard for Normandy House with white brick and brown trim located at 9532 Avers Avenue, 1944
Real estate listing postcard for Normandy House with white brick and brown trim located at 9532 Avers Avenue in Skokie, Illinois. Has 4 bedrooms and 2 and a half bathrooms. The price was $30,000.
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
1944-10-16
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Real estate listing postcard for six-apartment English Tudor style building at 8020 Kenton Avenue, 1949
Real estate listing postcard for six-apartment English Tudor style building at 8020 Kenton Avenue in Skokie, Illinois. Has 3 four room and 3 five room apartments and a 4 car garage. The apartment building was 1 block from Davis St. Bus and North Shore Electric bus to Howard St. and Chicago, was 2 blocks from Lincoln Junior High and Niles Township High Schools, and 1 block from city park and playground. Price was $52,000 and 1 five room apartment was available for the buyer.
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
1949-07-02
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Real estate listing postcard for tri-level stone and concrete block house at 9450 Lincolnwood Drive, 1951
Real estate listing postcard for tri-level stone and concrete block house at 9450 Lincolnwood Drive in Skokie, Illinois. Has 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. The price was $39,500.
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
1951-05-19
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Real estate listing postcard for two-story brick and wood frame Dutch Colonial house at 5314 Greenwood Street, 1940
Real estate listing postcard for two story brick and wood frame Dutch Colonial house at 5314 Greenwood Street in Skokie, Illinois. Has 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom and was built in 1940. The price was $17,750.
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
1940
1950-04-08
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Real estate listing postcard for two-story brick Colonial house at 5115 Morse Avenue, 1951
Real estate listing postcard for two story brick Colonial house at 5115 Morse Avenue in Skokie, Illinois. Has 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom and 1 powder room. The price was $26,500.
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
1951-08-25
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Real estate listing postcard for two-story brick house with a thatched (fireproof) roof at 4947 Estes Avenue, built in 1941
Real estate listing postcard for two-story brick house with a thatched (fireproof) roof at 4947 Estes Avenue in Skokie, Illinois. Has 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom and was built in 1941. The price was $19,800.
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
1941
1951-04-30
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Real estate listing postcard for two-story Colonial brick house at 9515 Central Park Avenue, 1946
Real estate listing postcard for two story Colonial brick house at 9515 Central Park Avenue in Skokie, Illinois. Has 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom and 1 powder room. It was newly built in January of 1946. The price was $30,000.
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
1946-08-27
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Real estate listing postcard for two-story streamlined brick house at 5236 Greenwood Street, 1941
Real estate listing postcard for two story streamlined brick house at 5236 Greenwood Street in Skokie, Illinois. Has 3 bedrooms and 1 bathroom and was designed and built in 1941 by an artist. The price was $25,000.
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
1941
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Real estate listing postcard for wood frame Colonial house at 9557 Drake Avenue, 1947
Real estate listing postcard for wood frame Colonial house at 9557 Drake Avenue in Skokie, Illinois. Has 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, and 1 powder room. It was built in 1942. The price was $23,000.
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
1942
1947-03-26
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Real estate listing postcard for wood frame house at 9040 Lockwood Avenue, 1950
Real estate listing postcard for a wood-frame house at 9040 Lockwood Avenue in Skokie, Illinois. Has 3 bedrooms and 1 bathroom and was built in 1941. The price was $22,500 and according to a note on the back, it was near the Edens Expressway.
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
1941
1950-04-15
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Statement of construction cost for a building at 9744 Tripp Avenue, 1953
Statement of construction cost for 9744 Tripp Avenue from Rader & Company Builders to Anthony Schmitt, 9837 Karlov Avenue in Skokie, Illinois. The total cost of construction was $37,000 and the total cost of extras, including the brick face, dishwasher, garbage disposal, tiles, and stone shelf and hearth, was $1,811.48. Rader & Company Builders was located at 5340 Valos Street, Skokie.
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
1953-09-12
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College Hill Subdivision booklet advertiser list, 1928
Handwritten list of the advertisers to be included in the Swenson Brothers College Hill Booklet. There is a list of advertisers, whose proofs are ready; those who need to make final corrections; and those that will be signed up if necessary. The size of their advertisements is also included.
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
1928-03 or 1929-03
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Devonshire Manor Formerly Devonshire Golf Club: The Last Word in Subdivision Development Booklet, circa 1928
This Krenn & Dato promotional booklet focuses on the Devonshire Manor subdivision. As seen on the map included in the booklet, Devonshire Manor was bound by Church St. to the West, Keeler Avenue to the North, Dempster Street to the East and Niles Center Road to the South and was only 1 and 1/2 blocks from the Dempster Street L Terminal. The area's possible prosperity is discussed by comparing it to two areas in Chicago that developed after L terminals were placed in the areas; these areas were the Wilson Avenue and Howard Street districts. The advantages of purchasing property in the Devonshire area were presented. These included: the proximity to educational and recreational features such as schools, parks and golf clubs; improvements to the area such as gas, water, sewers, electricity and sidewalks; and the available means of transportation. There is mention of the park (Devonshire Park) to be developed at the center of the subdivision. Krenn & Dato's payment plan is discussed, as are Protective Restrictions in the subdivision; these restrictions focus on how and what can be built in the subdivision. Also included are directions to Devonshire Manor by L and by auto.
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
1928 circa
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East Side Property Owners Association Constitution and By-laws, 1940
Amended constitution of the East Side Property Owners Association, which included information on the purpose, on membership, on officers, on meetings and quorum, on by-laws, on duties of officers, on election of officers, on dues, on committees, on amendments, on parliamentary authority, on suspension of by-laws, and on order of business. The members signatures are on the last page, and Howard A. Florus was the president, 7904 Kilbourne [sic] Ave., Niles Center. Also, on the first page, referring to membership, is the following statement: Membership in this Association shall be granted to any person owning a property located in the district East of Cicero Avenue and North of Touhy Avenue and South of the alley South of Dempster Street within the village limits of Niles Center, Illinois; provided, however, that the person is of the Caucasian race, is of the male sex and has attained the age of 21 years.
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
1940-05-01
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For parents who dream dreams for their children Brochure from the Metropolitan District Realty Trust, 1920s
Brochure advertising the Metropolitan District Realty Trust. Formed by the gas and electric companies of Metropolitan Chicago, the trust would provide financing and construction for local homes and apartment buildings.
The brochure gives information on the possible locations of these homes including a map of Chicago and surrounding suburbs. Some benefits of the locations presented were: gas and electricity; wooded, natural areas, excellent schools; paved roads; country and golf clubs; and electric transportation into Chicago. Also included in the brochure is information on how the homes are designed and constructed; how economical they are; how to finance homes and apartments; and the possible costs. Several letters from satisfied customers are included. The Metropolitan District Realty Trust was located at 79 W. Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois. A business card for C. Doyle Reynolds is attached to the brochure.
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
1925 circa; c. 1920s
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Handwritten copy of contract between Foreman-State Trust and Savings Bank and Eugene L. Swenson and Esther Swenson, circa 1929
The contract is in regards to land owned by the Foreman-State Trust and Savings Bank in the Swenson Brothers' College Hill Subdivision in Niles Center, Illinois (Skokie).
The contract contains a Caucasian clause, stating that no one who is not Caucasian is allowed to lease or occupy the premise in question. Other restrictions include that the buildings to be built cost no less than $10,000 and that they follow a particular front property line.
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
1929-12 to 1930-02
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Krenn & Dato Advertisement Postcard, 1924
This Krenn & Dato advertisement postcard is for property in the Dempster Street L Terminal District or as it was also called the New Terminal City of Niles Center, Illinois (Skokie). According to the postcard the Northwestern elevated L line connecting Chicago and Niles Center was under construction with 2 miles already begun.
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
1924
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Letter from Kinney Advertising Service to Mr. Skidmore of Swenson Brothers, 1929
Letter from Kinney Advertising Service to Mr. Skidmore of Swenson Brothers asking for historical information to be included in the six-page history they are putting together. A list of questions about College Hill is included. Some of the questions are: When did the idea of buying the property occur?; Why was this property selected?; On what day was the first development started?; and When were the first sewers laid, the first sidewalks, the streets, the telephone poles, etc.?.
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
1929-03-07
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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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Old Orchard Events Newspaper, 1958
This 1958 newspaper presented Old Orchard Shopping Center events and advertisements. Old Orchard Shopping Center opened on October 25, 1956 in Skokie, Illinois. Events discussed in the articles included the 2nd Annual Sports Car Show and the expansion of Walgreens. Stores advertised included Marshall Fields and Company, Kroger's, Walgreens, Kresges, The Country Cobbler and John M. Smyth Company. A map of the mall and its stores was also included in the newspaper.
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
1958-07
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On the Way to Suffield Terrace Letter, 1928
This promotional letter from Krenn & Dato's General Sales Manager, P. D. Angell, gives the reader directions to Suffield Terrace from Downtown Chicago. In the process of giving the directions, a comparison of land values is explored. How the values have increased is presented through comparisons such as in Rogers Park where real estate in the area was valued at $5,975,130 in 1907 and increased to $45,835,403 by 1923. Besides suggesting how land values have increased in the Chicagoland area, the letter also shows how Chicago's population has grown from 1.1 million in 1890 to 3.35 million in 1928.
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
1928-05-18
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