Andrea Field

This is the Naperville Fire Company that won the hose race competition at the Illinois Fireman's Association tournament in 1898 in Decatur. Pictured in the top row, from left, are Joseph Slaker, Al Simmons, Tim Rowan, Fred Hartsburr, Chil Babst and Al Johnson. In the middle row, from left, are William Sigmond, Gus Bauer, Carl Sigmond, Otto Reiche, Harv Kaylor, Bert Slick and Lee Dickinson. Seated on the floor are Red Willis, left, and Charles Boettger. Reiche was the team manager and is seen wearing two ribbons from the competition.

The Way We Were: A look back at the 1898 Naperville Fire Company, which won that year’s state hose race contest

March 12, 2024 at 11:55 a.m.

Every week we publish a historic photo highlighting a story from Naperville's past from the history archives of Naper Settlement. With baseball heading to the playoffs, the football season starting,...

A parade was one of the highlights of Naperville's four-day Home Coming Celebration held May 29 to June 1, 1917, to tout all the city's civic improvements, like brick-paved roads that can be seen here.

The Way We Were: Brick roads, sewer lines and train station among the things Naperville celebrated with 1917 event

March 12, 2024 at 11:56 a.m.

Editor's note: This is a new feature that will appear every Sunday in which we publish a historic photo from Naperville's past that comes from the archives of Naper Settlement....

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