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DeKalb (Ill.) Sesquicentennial

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

DeKalb County Centennial/Bicentennial Records

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-009
Scope and Contents

The materials in this collection document the preparations, financial arrangements, and special programs planned and celebrated at the DeKalb County Centennial (1934), DeKalb City Centennial (1956), DeKalb County’s celebration of the U.S. Bicentennial (1974-1977), and the DeKalb City Sesquicentennial (2006).

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1903-2006; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1965

DeKalb Streetscapes Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-276
Scope and Contents 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...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 2006; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/2006