Fairbury Old Photos 

Many old Fairbury photos have been uploaded to Archive.Org. At that web site, the photos can be viewed and/or downloaded.

 

Below are links to specific photos or collections of photos on Archive.Org

  1. All 161 photos from April 3, 1958, Centennial Issue of the Blade celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Fairbury.
  2. Link to all Fairbury-related items stored on Archive.Org. One can browse these and find photos of interest.
  3. Link to all Pantagraph negatives. Hundreds of Fairbury-related old photographs.
  4. Link to PDF file with about 84 old Fairbury Post Cards.
  5. Link to the 84 old Fairbury Post Cards with each one as a separate JPG file. 
  6. Link to all 10 Pantagraph negatives of the 1940 Fairbury motorcycle club that had a track north of town.
  7. Link to 76 old photos of Main Street [Locust Street] in Fairbury.
  8. Link to 2 old December 1939 movie posters from the 3rd Street Opera House. Often called Central Theatre. Also a map showing the location of Fairbury's two Opera Houses.
  9. Link to 75 old motorcycle related photos. In the 1910s, Fairbury was known as the motorcycle capital of the world with over 100 people in the motorcycle club and world-class racers Carl and William Goudy.
  10. Link to 49 old Fairbury photos. Many Claudon houses and business photos, as well as Fairbury Main Street and water tower scenes. A mix of old Fairbury vintage photos.
  11. Link to 39 photos or hand-drawn illustrations of the 1887 Chatsworth Train Wreck. There are less than 20 photos of this wreck known to exist. Some magazines sent their illustrators to the crash-sight, and they made some hand-drawn illustrations.