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A man, woman & child (names unknown).

The Rose Family gathered in front of their home.

Two photographs of an unknown man with a bull.

J.C. Doescher and two woman (names unknown) having a picnic.

Photograph of Ernest Rinne's children (names unknown).

Several people in front of a unknown home.

Photograph of August Meyer in baby buggy.

Unknown child in baby buggy.

Photo of Marie Jaeger and her sister (name unknown).

Photograph of John Gabe's daughter (name unknown).

Portrait of Fred Batterman's daughter (name unknown).

First C & EI Streamliner, Mail Hook & General Views around Railroad. CH&T Engine between 14th and 16th West of Columbia Steel

Several photos of men working with a threshing with a steam engine or tractor.

Ansco Supreme Pan Train

The Crete Train Depot after a fire.

Unknown Crete Residents.

Photos from an unknown outdoor location.

Chicago & Eastern Illinois Rail Road employee on a hand car.

A train stops in Crete to puck up food supplies for snow bound people in Goodenow.

Photos from the 1941 Sennholtz Train Wreck.

Railroad depot, north of First Street.

Parade headed South on Main St. between Cass & Division Streets.

A steam engine and water wagon owned by the Doescher family.

Home & office of Dr. Cas. Blim, on the northeast corner of North & Benton Streets.
L to R: Dr. Chas Blim, Md Jenory Caldwell (Hewes) Spencer Blim (on arm) Chas Blim Jr (standing) Minnie Schweer Rev. Jospeh Caldwell (seated) Franc (Hewes) Blim Mrs.…

Portrait of the Doescher Family outside in front of the family home at 1322 Benton St.

Looking north on Benton St. from Cass St. Snow has covered the ground and trees. The extreme right side of the picture is the location of Crete Post Office in 1966.

The Crete Township Commissioners and Justices of 1899 in front of the Town Hall on Wood Street. Top Row (l to r): Unknown, H.J. Wehmhoefer (Assessor), H. Schweppe (Town Clerk); Second Row: William Saller (Supervisor), "Grandpa" John H. Piepenbrink…

William Hinze's homestead.

Photograph of the Samuel Rose House, located at the southwest corner of Wood and North streets.

Crete Resident Ida Henning posed for a photograph.

Interior of the Crete Post Office.

The residence of Willard and Dynatha Wood, the founders of Crete, at the southwest corner of Exchange and Park streets. The home was built in the mid 1800's.

Schweer's Appliance Store on the west side of Main Street.

Tilloston's Grocery and Meat Market on the northeast corner of Main and Cass Streets. Next to the horse are Mr. Tillotson, Mr. Bordwell, Mrs. Tillotson and their three children, Hilda, Sophie and Hiram.

Parade on Main Street for the 100th year celebration of Crete's founding. Myron J. Tillotson, honoray Marshal, leads the parade.

Duensing's Saloon at the southwest corner of Main and Cass Streets.

Diersen Hardware Store at the northeast corner of Main and Exchange Streets.

The Murhead farm house on Richton road was built by Francis and Elizabeth Spence, immigrants from Scotland. The land had originally been owned by Moses and Hannah Cook. The house was used in the underground railroad in the 1840's and 1950's.

Cushman's Confectionery at the northeast corner of Main & Cass Streets.

The home, at 533 Exchange Street, was build by Ernest Rinne in 1876 using bricks from his brickyard.

Looking south on Main Street from Exchange Street.

Looking north on Main Street.

Helen's Coffee Shop at the northeast corner of Main & Exchange Streets.

The Horn Family Home, own by Charles Horn, the first mayor of Crete. The house was donated in 1978 by Joe Hager to be used to house the Crete Public Library.

The historic home of Don and Winifern Easterday built in 1901. The home was passed down from her grandparents, William Wood and his wife. In 1997 it would become the law office of Phyllis Monk.

Main Street north of Herman Street with a street light in the middle of Main.

Various pictures of the Wilkening Building, over different time periods.

Missouri Pacific Engine 78 after it took over the C & EI railroad on the tracks at Exchange street.

Myron and Helen Quackenbush. Myron was a Civil War veteran and owned a Machine Shop by his home. He was also the first Chief of the Crete Fire Department. He additionally made the first car in Crete in 1903.

A fire at the Congregational Church caused damage to the roof and steeple.

Business along Main Street, including the Wilkening Block.

AMVET's parade on July 27, 1953. Leading the parade are the veterans ladies in the Crete AMVET's Auxiliary.

A steam powered hand lever worked this Armstrong road grader,

Al Wilkening with a tractor and disc, building the Lincoln Fields Race Track.

Photos of several farms in Crete.

Doescher corn shredder at the Orr Farm on Burville Road.

Pipenbrink School located on the northwest corner of Volbrecht and Richton Road.

The Klemme School between Exchange and Bemis Road.

Unknown individuals relaxing in Beebe Grove, at Plum Creek and Old Post Road.

August Voigts making butter at the Acorn Creamery.

The Doescher Farm on Exchange Street west of Klemme.

Possibly taken at the Monee Fairgrounds, Crete bred and raised Clydesdales.

The Linclonshire Country Club, situated on Deer Lake.

The Crete Public School, on North Street between Wood and Elizabeth Streets.

The Crete Baseball Team: (front row l.-r.) Stinger, the Flickening Brothers, Al Ruppert, Ray Hewes, Henry Ruhe and unknown.

The Buchanan family home and attached Buchanan Meat Market.

Workers making monuments at Frey and Johnson's Monument Works.

Crete Congregational Church before it's dissolved in 1958.

An open trolley providing pleasure trips to and from Crete.

Crete's Streetcar Depot station, where Chicago and Southern Traction Company provided daily runs between Chicago and Crete.

Looking west on Exchange Street from Lumbar Street.

Brickmakers working in a local brickyard.

The tree in front of the Quackenbush family home was a well-known landmark. Featured here in this postcard.

Water conditioning tank and a water storage tank stood next to the railroad and Depot.

Structures along side the railroad tracks at Exchange, including the water tank, Crete Depot and the former Hattendorf hotel building.

A double header train at Crete Depot.

A train arriving in Crete from Chicago.

A steam engine operating on the Chicago & Eastern Illinois (C & EI) Railroad.