Rare 1912 Postcard Bellflower Illinois Delicatessen Store McLean County IL for Sale

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Rare 1912 Postcard Bellflower Illinois Delicatessen Store McLean County IL For Sale

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Rare 1912 Postcard Bellflower Illinois Delicatessen Store McLean County IL:
$116.99

This rare 1912 postcard features a delicatessen store in Bellflower, Illinois.

Approximate size: 5.4 inches x 3.4 inches

The sign on the store reads 6015, which is likely the street number. Also of note are some advertisements for National Biscuit Company (now Nabisco) in one of the windows.

The boy to the right of the building seems to be in a baseball uniform.

Bellflower is a village in McLean County, Illinois, United States. It is part of the Bloomington–Normal Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Bellflower is in southeastern McLean County, along Illinois Route 54, which leads southwest 9 miles (14 km) to Farmer City and northeast 12 miles (19 km) to Gibson City. Bloomington, the McLean county seat, is 30 miles (48 km) to the northwest, while Champaign is 26 miles (42 km) to the southeast.

Bellflower was laid out on August 26, 1871, by George Nelson Black (March 15, 1833 – April 22, 1908) and his wife Louisa J. Black (December 22, 1840 – December 23, 1909). George was born in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, and had come to Springfield, Illinois, in 1850, where he became wealthy through manufacturing, mining, and railroads.

Bellflower Township had subscribed $30,000 in twenty-year bonds toward the construction of what was then called the Gilman, Clinton and Springfield Railroad. A condition of the funding was that the township would have a station on the railroad. Black purchased 100 acres (0.40 km2) of land, laid 40 acres (160,000 m2) out into town lots and then transferred the title to the railroad. When the railroad became property of the Illinois Central Railroad, town lots in Bellflower were not transferred to that railroad.

The name of the town came from the name of the township and was selected by Jesse Richards, who was particularly fond of the Bellflower apple. It is perhaps the only town in Illinois named for an apple. In the 1870s it was often spelled \"Belle Flower\" or \"Belle-Flower\".

Add this great glimpse of the past to your collection today.

Please inspect the pictures, as they give the best representation of condition.May have discoloring, edge or corner wear, marks, creases, fading, smudges, corner or edge bends, tears, or corners missing.

(E42 inventory number)