Lawrence Lore
- 4 days ago
- 3 min
Pete: First Motorcycle Cop
Stanley Berget Vandament, better known as Pete , was born January 22, 1888, in Lawrenceville, Illinois, to Burgett and Belle Vandament ....
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Lawrence Lore
- 5 days ago
- 1 min
Bridgeport 1912
These maps show what Bridgeport looked like in 1912.
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Lawrence Lore
- Jun 6
- 1 min
Movie-time
This toy movie projector is part of the LCHS Toy Collection. The size of the machine is 14”x 9” and weighs 3 lbs. It was patented in...
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Lawrence Lore
- May 31
- 1 min
Bathing Suit Time
Unidentified photo in a photo album from a Lawrence County resident.
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Lawrence Lore
- Feb 26
- 2 min
Grocery Shopping 1914
Kirkwood and Mills was a grocery store located in the Barnes block on North State Street across from what was then the location of the...
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Lawrence Lore
- Feb 23
- 1 min
Rooster Meets Minister
Page 6 of Lawrence County News, published in Lawrenceville, Illinois on Wednesday, February 20th, 1924 An industrious hen sat upon a...
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Lawrence Lore
- Feb 22
- 1 min
Money Trees in Lukin
One of our researchers who reviewed the February 1924 local newspapers found several items about events one doesn't hear about happening...
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Lawrence Lore
- Feb 20
- 2 min
Banker and Oil Man
F C Borough, for many years one of the leading businessmen of Lawrenceville, was killed at Harrison New York February 17, 1924, by a...
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Lawrence Lore
- Feb 15
- 1 min
'Til Death Do Us Part
February one hundred years ago might have been the month for romance but not for these couples: Herschel L Kendall vs Clemence Kendall;...
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