Description
Although it was first settled in the 1830s, Oak Park did not become an independent municipality until it split from Cicero Township in 1902. No longer a rustic small town, the village soon became a population magnet, attracting ever-larger numbers of prosperous, progressive people to settle in what many soon referred to as "the finest of the streetcar suburbs."
Coincidentally, use of the penny picture postcard had approached a national mania during this era. Thus from the earliest years of the 20th century, the rapid growth and development of Oak Park was well documented, even celebrated, with a vast and varied array of outstanding postcard images.
Author: Douglas Deuchler
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Published: 08/06/2003
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 9.34h x 6.46w x 0.36d
ISBN13: 9780738531601
ISBN10: 073853160X
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | State & Local | Midwest(IA,IL,IN,KS,MI,MN,MO
- Photography | Subjects & Themes | Regional (see also Travel | Pictorials)