DeKalb Streetscapes Collection

The images in this collection are a complement to the Embree Collection [RC 2] held by the Regional History Center.  The Embree Collection offers approximately 10,000 images of life in DeKalb, Illinois from the mid 1890's through the 1965.  Both the Embree and Streetscapes Collections are especially strong on documenting the built environment in the central city area.  While virtually all of the Embree Collection is black and white, two thirds of the Streetscapes Collection is color: there are about 900 color and 600 black and white images in the Streetscapes Collection.     Over time other photographers will be adding images to the Streetscapes Collection to give it more breadth of coverage and to provide updates as the years pass.  The collection is organized roughly by type of image and the photographer.  Every image bears a unique number and the inititals of the creator on the back.  Joan Metzger created a subject index to the collection.