A Christmas Thank You Note - December 26, 1911 Downers Grove

                                This card recently arrived from Vallejo, California.

 

Oakland, California must have been a very small town back when this was sent. There's no street address mentioned at all.

 I am proud to have this in my collection.

License Plates of Downers Grove

Long before there was a tax on rain fall in Downers Grove, there was an automobile tax. It came in the form of a license plate for your car. I'm not sure when this tax started and I don't know when it ended. Perhaps somebody out there can give us a clue.
                                                                   Thanks, The Management

Downers Grove - The lost CD, "A place where depression and despair are at home."

We've all heard of the book 'Downers Grove' but did you know there was also a CD titled Downers Grove. It had nothing to do with 60515 or 60516. It was about the downer state of mind.

                                              Maybe he nailed it by accident

                   Yes, haven't we all been there. I can't believe that this musician has never been here.

                                              A sampling of the CD's lyrics.

I have searched the internet many times looking for Downers Grove stuff. I'm fairly sure that there is only one Downers Grove in the world. This fellow seems to have created another.