Maywood Company Records
1869-1901
In 1869, the town of Maywood, Illinois, now a western suburb of Chicago, was chartered after a joint stock corporation, the Maywood Company, had established settlement there. After the devastating 1871 fire in Chicago, general migration to the suburbs spurred housing construction in Maywood. The Village of Maywood was officially incorporated in 1881 and between 1880 and 1890 the population doubled. This collection presents a grouping of documents that trace the early development of the community, including the Maywood Company’s charter, stockholders’ reports, stocks, bonds, illustrated advertising pamphlets and brochures, and village maps, as well as documents relating to the Maywood Company’s subsidiary, Chicago Scraper and Ditcher Company.
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