Advertisement for Meadow Lane Garden Apartments, 1929
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Advertisement for Meadow Lane Garden Apartments in Niles Center, Illinois (Skokie). The advertisement includes photograph and description of apartments and surrounding conveniences and benefits, such as golf clubs, rapid transit system, Cook County Forest Preserves and the Chicago North Western Railway. The advertisement is from the August 22, 1929, Art Gravure Section in the Niles Center Section (page 3) of The Lincolnite. The Meadow Lane Garden Apartments are located in Devonshire Manor, which is North of Dempster St. and East of Skokie Blvd. The apartment building was built by Krenn and Dato.
Advertisement for Street Lights used in College Hill Subdivision, late 1920s
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Image of one type of street light used in the College Hill Subdivision in Niles Center, Illinois (Skokie). The street light is the Form 18 Novalux, Ornamental Lantern Unit, Granite Opalescent panels, type RK casing.
Agreement and Grant with the Northwestern Gas, Light & Coke Company, 1910
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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.
Check from Swenson Brothers to Ferd C. Baumann [sic] , Village Collector, for taxes on College Hill properties in Niles Center, Illinois (Skokie). Check is for $46,430.84. It is a photograph of the check in photograph of Ernest E. Ellington and Fred L. Bauman. The check was signed by Eugene L. Swenson.
Correspondence to the Swenson Brothers from the Public Service Company of Northern Illinois, 1927
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Letter from the Public Service Company of Northern Illinois to the Swenson Brothers regarding street lights and how they are beneficial to a community. Enclosed with the letter would have been images of the College Hill Subdivision at night.
Correspondence to John Anderson from the Swenson Brothers, 1930
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Letter regarding the possible construction of an apartment building on Mr. Andersons College Hill Subdivision lot in Niles Center, Illinois (Skokie). The letter addresses the construction and contractor to be used; the cost of a two flat ($15,000 or $150.00 per month) or a three flat ($23,000 or $230 per month); and the demand for apartments in College Hill. Handwritten note on top of the letter is not used.
Newspaper Advertisement for Lonnquist's Northwestern L Terminal Subdivision, 1923
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This newspaper advertisement for Lonnquist's Northwestern L Terminal Subdivision included the area bound by Lincoln Avenue to the East, Main Street to the North, and Cleveland Street to the South. The advertisement describes the business district and the three flat apartment house sites available, as well as the improvements to the area including paved streets, sewers, water, gas and electricity. The advertisement shows the Northwestern L Railway Line from Evanston to Chicago Loop, with a blown up map of Niles Center, Illinois (Skokie).
Correspondence to Mr. Eugene L. Swenson from 10th District Illinois Congressman Carl R. Chindblom, 1927
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Photograph of a letter to Mr. Eugene L. Swenson from 10th District Illinois Congressman Carl R. Chindblom regarding the first mail service in College Hill.
Real estate listing for New England Colonial brick and wood frame house at 8507 N. Kedvale Avenue, 1949
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Real estate listing for New England Colonial brick and wood frame house at 8507 N. Kedvale Avenue in Skokie, Illinois. Has 4 bedrooms and 1 and half bathrooms. The house was built in 1947 -1948 and was being sold by Sears Real Estate Co. The price was a firm $36,850.
Real estate listing postcard for a tri-level brick house at 7519 East Prairie Road, 1952
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Real estate listing postcard for a tri-level brick house at 7519 East Prairie Road in Skokie, Illinois. Has 3 bedrooms and 1 and a half bathrooms and is 1 block from East Prairie School. The price was $25,500.
Real estate listing postcard for brick house at 5347 Grove Street, 1951
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Real estate listing postcard for brick house at 5347 Grove Street in Skokie, Illinois. Has 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, and 1 powder room. The price was $27,500.
Real estate listing postcard for brick house at 8530 Christiana Avenue, circa 1940
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Real estate listing postcard for brick house at 8530 Christiana Avenue in Skokie, Illinois. Has 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom and was built in 1940-1941. The price was lowered from $17,000 to $16,500 with a handwritten note. There is an apartment building in the distance.
Real estate listing postcard for brick house at 8530 Christiana Avenue, 1951
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Real estate listing postcard for brick house at 8530 Christiana Avenue in Skokie, Illinois. Has 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom and was built in 1940-1941. Price was lowered from $24,450 to $20,500. The apartment building in the 1947 real estate listing of this house is no longer visible and the surrounding trees and bushes are fully grown.
Real estate listing postcard for brick ranch at 7425 Lamon Avenue, 1951
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Real estate listing postcard for brick ranch at 7425 Lamon Avenue in Skokie, Illinois. Has 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and 1 powder room. It was built in 1950. The price was $46,800.
Real estate listing postcard for brick ranch house at 8650 Long Avenue, 1951
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Real estate listing postcard for brick ranch house at 8650 Long Avenue in Skokie, Illinois. Has 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom and was built in 1948. The price was $24,500 and according to note on back, it was sold on 1951-04-28.
Real estate listing postcard for brick three flat apartment building at 8936 Skokie Boulevard, 1950
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Real estate listing postcard for brick three flat apartment building at 8936 Skokie Boulevard in Skokie, Illinois. Has 3 five room apartments, 1 English basement apartment with four rooms, and a brick three car garage. The price was $32,500. The rental prices were $72.00 per month for the basement, $80.00 per month for the 2nd floor, and $90.00 per month for the 3rd floor. The garage rental was $5.00 per month.
Real estate listing postcard for brick three flat at 9126 LaCrosse Avenue, 1951
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Real estate listing postcard for brick three flat at 9126 LaCrosse Avenue in Skokie, Illinois. Has five room apartments with bathroom in each and was open for inspection on May 20, 1952. The price was $36,000.
Real estate listing postcard for brick two flat at 8233 Keating Avenue, 1951
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Real estate listing postcard for brick two flat at 8233 Keating Avenue in Skokie, Illinois. Each apartment has 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom. Price was $26,000 and the 2nd floor could be rented.
Real estate listing postcard for brick two flat at 9136 Ewing Avenue, 1951
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Real estate listing postcard for brick two flat at 9136 Ewing Avenue in Skokie, Illinois. Has a 2 car garage, 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom in each apartment and was open for inspection on January 16, 1951. The price was $25,750 and the 2nd floor could be rented for $77.62 per month.
Real estate listing postcard for Colonial house at 9335 Hamlin Street, 1949
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Real estate listing postcard for Colonial house at 9335 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 February of 1949. The price was originally $45,500 and was lowered, with a handwritten note, to $43,500. The mortgage was $20,000.
Real estate listing postcard for Colonial house at 9343 Hamlin Street, 1949
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Real estate listing postcard for Colonial house at 9343 Hamlin Street in Skokie, Illinois. Has 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms and 1 powder room. The image on the postcard is an architectural rendering which includes floor plans. The house was under construction in February of 1949. The number of bathrooms were changed with a handwritten note to 3. The price was originally $45,500 and was increased, with a handwritten note, to $47,500. The mortgage was $20,000. There are two postcards for this house, one from February 1949 and one from October 1949, in which the under construction has been crossed out.
Real estate listing postcard for English Tudor wood frame and brick-faced house at 9523 N Ridgeway Avenue, 1943
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Real estate listing postcard for English Tudor wood frame and brick faced house at 9523 N. Ridgeway Avenue in Skokie, Illinois. Has 4 bedrooms and 2 and a half bathrooms. The price was $20,000.
Real estate listing postcard for large brick modern house at 2958 Simpson Street, 1948
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Real estate listing postcard for large brick modern house at 2958 Simpson Street in Skokie, Illinois. Has 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms and a maids room and bathroom. There is also a tiled shuffle board layout in the recreation room and Wall Radio Aerial with speaker outlets in the bedrooms and recreation room. The price was $45,000, which was crossed out and a note on the back suggested that on 1948-12-09, they were offered $41,500.
Real estate listing postcard for large house at 9301 Hamlin Street, 1949
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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.