Photo 68-BLA-34

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SE CORNER RTE 22 AND 43 IN BANNOCKBURN. IT IS A SHELL TODAY AND BANNOCKBURN GREEN SHOPPING CENTER IS BEHIND IT.

This is actually Beeson's Nursery, which has been there since 1946 and, after some family drama, is still in business today and located at the NE corner of routes 22 and 43 (looking North in photo). The Shell gas station location is on the lower right corner of the photo, as is the shopping center. The train tracks are on the left, out of the frame.

Agree this is Beeson's Nursery. 1300 Half Day Rd, Deerfield, IL 60015. Actually the Northeast corner. Google and Yelp show it as closed but it is still open as of 2023.

The property used to be much larger as shown here, but the formerly planted area to the north was forcibly annexed by Bannockburn and redeveloped into a Mariano's grocery store.

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