Farm Days Gone By
Here’s an oldie. The following are the persons appearing in this photo in front of the Smith District School, May 30, 1894. The school was situated on South Chicago Street at the southwest corner of what is now called Millsdale Road, a mile south of what is now called Schweitzer Road. An original of this photograph is in the possession of William F. Korst of Joliet, who was kind enough to identify the people in this photo. First row, from left, Elizabeth M. Wilhelmi; Annie Arnold; William Steffes; Ernest Eaton; Jacob Steffes; Nellie Attaway; Arthur Steffes; Katherine Eich; Peter Madsen; Edward and Evan Kirk, twins; George Eich; R. Eich; Mae Attaway; Susan Attaway; Mayme Wilhelmi; Edward(?) Block; William Arnold; Middle Row, from left, Henry Ley; Raymond Stephen; Frank Eich; John Eaton; Annie Madsen;·Clarence Effner; Mary Ley; Anne Korst; John J. Wilhelmi; Arthur Madsen; Adelaide Ley; Edith Kirk; Alfred Attaway; Frank Noel; Katherine Wilhelmi; Amelia Steffes; Maude Miller; Rose Miller; William F. Korst; Edward G. Korst; Back row, from left, Louis Madsen (father of the Madsen children); Edith Gibler; Sam Attaway; Maude Young; Neil Madsen; Virginia Kirk; Irene Kirk; Sarah Smith, teacher.