Oak Park in Vintage Postcards

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)