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Welcome Bensenville Community Public Library

We’ve been lucky to have so many new collections this fall. Bensenville Community Public Library recently joined us and has contributed images from their Bensenville Historical Collection to the IDHH.

Here’s a few I love:

black and white photos in an aged paper of the 1920 members of the Independent Order Odd Fellows lodge.
Bensenville Lodge No. 181, Independent Order Odd Fellows, 1920. Bensenville Historical Collection. Bensenville Community Public Library.
black and white photo, headshot of a man and woman for their 50th anniversary.
Walter and Alice 50th anniversary, 1967. Bensenville Historical Collection. Bensenville Community Public Library.
black and white photo of women posed in front of a fire truck, the women in front row sitting and the women in the back row standing.
Wives of Bensenville firemen, 1969. Bensenville Historical Collection. Bensenville Community Public Library.
sepia-toned photo of a man and woman sitting in a horse-drawn buggy.
Fred Warnecke and woman sitting in a buggy, c. 1900. Bensenville Historical Collection. Bensenville Community Public Library.
black and white photo of a large family photo posed outside a house with a wrap-around porch.
Dierking home family group portrait, 1917. Bensenville Historical Collection. Bensenville Community Public Library.

Visit the IDHH to see the full collection of over 1,200 images.

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