Photo Record
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Metadata
Caption |
Army Inductees leaving for WW I |
Name |
Photograph |
Image |
008\2003142.JPG |
Description |
Photograph, sepia print, measures 8" x 10" pasted on hardstock, measures 9" x 12". The photograph is of World War I U. S. Army induction of local men at the DeKalb County Courthouse, Sycamore, Illinois, 1917. DeKalb County Courthouse at 133 West State was completed in 1904, Contractor William McAlpine was paid $143,897.55. The exterior is Bedford limestone was quarried in Indiana and ship by train and delivered to the construction site using a temporary rail spur. The huge blocks were cut on site, some of which weighed four tons. |
Catalog Number |
2003.142 |
Subjects |
Sycamore |
Search Terms |
1917 Army County Seat Courthouse WWI War World War Soldier Army Veteran Soldier Military |