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This photograph of the Naperville Municipal Band was taken in 1954. Band members are posed on the steps in front of North Central College's Pfeiffer Hall at 310 E. Benton Ave. It was shot by Charles Koretke, a Naperville resident who was a prolific professional photographer. (Naperville Heritage Society)

The Way We Were: Members of the Naperville Municipal Band photographed in 1954 at NCC

April 25, 2025 at 1:06 p.m.

Photograph of the Naperville Municipal Band taken in 1954. Band members are posed on the steps in front of North Central College's Pfeiffer Hall at 310 E. Benton Ave.

It's hard to imagine today, but the entire town of Naperville could be captured in a single aerial photograph in the early 1920s. Given that its population was just 3,830 in 1920 (it would drop to 3,603 by 1930, according to U.S. Census numbers), it really was just a bump in the road completely surrounded by farmland just a mere century ago. This view looking slightly toward the northeast was taken by the photographers Kaufmann & Fabry, based in Chicago, according to information printed in the bottom left-hand corner. (Naperville Heritage Society)

The Way We Were: Aerial view of Naperville in the 1920s

April 18, 2025 at 1:37 p.m.

It's hard to imagine today, but the entire town of Naperville could be captured in a single aerial photograph in the early 1920s.

Letters to the Editor: Council should reject recommendation on IMEA contract; Monday vote on D203 schedule change ‘premature’

April 18, 2025 at 10:30 a.m.

Letters to the editor submitted for publication in the Naperville Sun.

In this 1915 photograph, Horace Peaslee poses in a well-tended garden outside his Naperville home at the corner of North Avenue and Washington Street. Although it's not known which corner was his, this is right around where the DuPage Children's Museum now stands. According to online records, Peaslee served as a Naperville postmaster and died in 1934 at the age of 87. (Naperville Heritage Society)

The Way We Were: Standing in a garden at North Avenue and Washington in Naperville

April 11, 2025 at 12:41 p.m.

In this 1915 photograph, Horace Peaslee poses in a well-groomed garden outside his Naperville home at the corner of North Avenue and Washington Street.

Letters to the Editor: Coverage of arrest missing details about Neuqua Valley teacher; Naperville’s election opening door to Chicago-style politics

April 11, 2025 at 9:25 a.m.

Letters to the editor submitted to the Naperville Sun for publication.

Trio nabbed with stolen merchandise from downtown Naperville Nike store, police say

April 10, 2025 at 2:20 p.m.

Three Chicago women have been charged with stealing more than $300 in clothing from the Nike store in downtown Naperville and trying to flee police.

Three men and a young boy are captured in a photo in the late 1800s at a dammed section of the DuPage River in Naperville's Burlington Park, where one of the men was fishing. The park was once a weekend destination for people in the Chicago area, who would take the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy train line out to the "country" to picnic, swim, boat and participate in other outdoor activities. It closed in 1899, and was purchased by the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County in 1922 for $852. (Naperville Heritage Society)

The Way We Were: All vestiges of the recreational destination that was Naperville’s Burlington Park in the late-1800s just a memory

April 4, 2025 at 3:21 p.m.

All vestiges of the recreational destination that was Naperville's Burlington Park, as depicted in this photo from the late-1800s, now just a memory.

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