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11-BBO-1
1965
59
2
Bowman Dairy Company. In 1966, the Chicago-based company was acquired by Dean Foods.
11-BBO-3
1965
35
1
Long Prairie Cemetery
8-BBO-36
1965
61
5
The cattle sheds were repurposed into aircraft hangars.
9-BBO-29
1965
54
1
Pink Poodle Tavern on Route 173. Was advertised for sale in 1972 in the Belvidere Daily Republican. This could...
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29-BBO-28
1965
92
3
This was located in what is now the northeast parking lot of Caledonia Elementary School.
29-BBO-26
1965
69
1
The barns on the left would most likely be under water today, in Candlewick Lake. The house was located on what...
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32-BBO-4
1965
29
1
This property was located at the present shoreline of Flamingo Point, at Candlewick Lake.
32-BBO-3
1965
32
1
Now part of the Candlewick Lake Association, located where the Winesap cul de sac is today.
28-LBO-8
1973
27
2
Spirit of '76
32-BBO-14
1965
46
2
Spirit of '76 bar/restaurant, owned by Sterling Anderson.
112-AST-8
1979
12
1
The old State Road Evangelical & Reformed Church and parsonage. It was sold at auction on May 1, 1948. The...
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84-ISTN-37
1964
48
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This was originally the State Road Evangelical & Reformed Church and parsonage. It was sold at auction on...
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84-ISTN-25
1964
34
2
Still making a really good burger.
39-MWI-5
1980
63
1
Reed-Custer High School, under construction. Like many towns when a nuclear power plant arrived, Braidwood benefitted...
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32-JGR-4
1971
33
1
Mazon Farmers Elevator at Gorman, Illinois.
13-BWI-26
1965
40
1
When I was growing up, Route 59 was a good way to get from Plainfield to I-88. A little slow at Fox Valley Mall...
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9-JWI-5
1971
30
1
The tower in the background was once part of a beacon system for a transcontinental airmail transportation system...
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7-TWI-32
1988
20
1
History of this property is in the 1965 archives: https://vintageaerial.com/photos/illinois/will/1965/BWI/9...
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7-TWI-31
1988
24
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History of this property is in the 1965 archives: https://vintageaerial.com/photos/illinois/will/1965/BWI/9...
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4-MWI-32
1980
18
1
History of this building is in the 1965 archives: https://vintageaerial.com/photos/illinois/will/1965/BWI/9...
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7-DWI-30
1975
28
1
History of this building is in the 1965 archives: https://vintageaerial.com/photos/illinois/will/1965/BWI/9...
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9-BWI-28
1965
59
1
This building was constructed in 1928 by Universal Wireless Communication Co. The building was built to be a...
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13-BWI-8
1965
53
1
Lily Cache Camp
13-BWI-15
1965
64
1
Continental Can Company
13-BWI-28
1965
47
2
Naper Aero Club in the background.
13-BWI-6
1965
75
1
Plainfield Airport. The grass strip runway was approximately 2,300 feet long, running east-west. Pilots would...
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11-BWI-32
1965
28
1
Some houses survive urban sprawl, others don't. The home on the right still stands, repurposed as an office...
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11-BWI-29
1965
30
1
Now Independence Baptist Church. They kept the house.
11-BWI-27
1965
40
1
Northwest corner of Barber's Corners. This was where the old one-room schoolhouse was located.
11-BWI-13
1965
31
1
Now part of a car wash.