Prince Crossing Store

Not exactly a Winfield story per se, but it was in the Winfield Glimpses December 1969 issue.

I’ve always been intrigued by this building…

that’s located on Prince Crossing Road just North of Hawthorne Lane in West Chicago. Thanks to the following article, I now know a little more about it…(click to enlarge)

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Bank Of The Art Institute?

Apparently the Bank of Winfield would feature works of local artists. Check out the canvases of one such artist from the Glimpses March of 1971 issue. (click each segment to enlarge)

Family Day

Let’s take a look back to the Winfield “Family Day” as pictured in the Glimpses back in September of 1972. I believe this is one of the year’s when they didn’t have “Good Ole Days”…(click each article to enlarge)

Fun Stuff From The 70’s

I’m going to end the week with a couple “fun” Glimpses articles from the 1970’s. Pretty much self explanatory…(click each to enlarge)

Have a nice weekend!

TS Bowie Adds On

Back in 1965 the TS Bowie hardware store on Beecher (now the “Antiques of Winfield” store) built an addition…

and here’s what it looks like behind the building today…

and as a little bonus how about a TS Bowie ad from 1965?

Election Special

Since we’re in the midst of an election cycle, I thought we could use a break from our current issues and candidates and look back to what was going on in the 1940’s. Here are a couple of political articles from the July 1, 1948 issue of the Glimpses…

Winfield Sanitarium Helped TB Victims

I thought the following article provided an interesting look at the facility now known as Central DuPage Hospital. The article appeared in the May 1, 1952 edition of the Glimpses…(click each segment to enlarge)

and today’s post is sponsored by Sunnyside Beauty Shoppe…