Urbana-Champaign, IL
City Directory Collection
1879 - 1908
Total of 8 Annual Directories

Example for 1904:
EMBRACING A COMPLETE LIST OF BUSINESS FIRMS AND PRIVATE CITI-
ZENS, AND A MISCELLANEOUS DIRECTORY OF CITY, COUNTY, AND
TOWNSHIP OFFICERS, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, LABOR UNIONS,
SECRET AND OTHER SOCIETIES, CITY MAP, LOCATION
FIRE ALARM BOXES, RURAL ROUTE PATRONS OF
CHAMPAIGN AND URBANA POST-
OFFICES, ETC.
 
TO WHICH IS ADDED
 
A Street Number and Classified Business Directory
of Champaign and Urbana and a Business
Directory of every Town in Cham-
paign County.
Including Bondville, Dewey, Fisher, Foosland, Gifford, Homer, Ivesdale, Mahomet, 
Ogden, Philo, St. Joseph, Sidney, Thomasboro and Tolono
 
By Pantagraph Printing, 1904 
572 pages, searchable
 
 
- Bonus Books -
Also includes City Directories for 1879, 1890, 1898, 1900, 1902, 1904, 1906 & 1908


- Bonus Book - 
Counties of Illinois
Their Origin and Evolution
67 pages
With 23 maps, showing the Original and the Present County Boundary Lines





 
 
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   1904 Directory:

Includes two-page fold out street map
 
Personal listings are organized two ways:
1)   Alphabetically by last name, listing occupation and address of residence.                         
Example of entry - Dodson William, retired, res 406 N State.
                              
2)   By Street and house number, listing names of those in residence:
                 Example of entry –
HEALEY, WEST.
From 500 South Neil, West to Prospect Avenue.
105 Robert J. and Mary Riley.* Mrs. Anna Dixon.
106 Adrian L. and Evelyn Barnard.*
107 James L. and Mamie Darby.
110 Edward and Barbara A. Broshar.
                  202 Mrs. Carlotte Vanfleet.*

Lists public, civic, social and private institutions:

Example:

High School.

Corner Randolph and Hill.

Lottie Switzer, Principal ; W. G. Palmer, Latin ; Jessie Bullock, Mathematics;

Minnie Morris, Literature; Lois Franklin, English;

Florian Von Eschen, Science; John M. Berger, Science and

Manual Training; Keturah Sim, German; Margaret Sidner,

Stenography and Typewriting.

Business Directory is by business category

Example:

BOOKSELLERS AND STATIONERS.

CUNNINGHAM BROS, 25 Main and 613 E Green.

FAULKNER WATSON, 38 N Neil.

KNOWLTON & BENNETT, cor Main and Race, U.

LLOYDE D H & SON, 7 Main.

RISING & CLINKENBEARD, 112 E University ave.

SPALDING & QUIRK, 5 N Neil.

SWANNELL H & SON, 1 Main.

Also includes ads, some illustrated 

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