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=== "Typewriter City" === During the early part of the 20th century, Woodstock had become "Typewriter City" and was home to factories of both the Emerson Typewriter Company and the [[Oliver Typewriter Company]]. Woodstock workers had built more than half the world's typewriters by 1922.<ref name="encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org" /> The companies were very much a part of civic life in Woodstock during this time. Both factories had active social clubs, baseball teams that competed against one another, and Emerson had a well-regarded band that played at public events.<ref name="Woodstock, by Nancy Baker">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wRgWMM-VlhUC&pg=PA39 |title=Woodstock, by Nancy Baker|isbn=9780738540801|last1=Baker|first1=Nancy L.|year=2006|publisher=Arcadia }}</ref><ref name="emersonlofts.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.emersonlofts.com/index.php|title=Emerson Lofts - Models {{!}} Our luxurious one and two bedroom lofts feature a perfect blend of historical and contemporary style.|website=www.emersonlofts.com|access-date=2016-11-22}}</ref> In 1919, Emerson Typewriter became the Woodstock Typewriter Company. The city grew and flourished with increasing demand for Woodstock typewriters through and after [[World War II]]. Initially the company sold typewriters for use in the war effort both domestically and abroad, but after the war's end returning servicemen, now familiar with the Woodstock brand, chose these models for their households. The factory was in use until 1970, and has since been converted into lofts.<ref name="Woodstock, by Nancy Baker"/><ref name="emersonlofts.com"/> <gallery> File:Main Street, Woodstock, Ill.jpg|Main Street looking north, circa 1910 File:Typewriters in Woodstock Il window.jpeg|Typewriters in a Woodstock business' window in 2013. Note the name "Woodstock" on some of them. </gallery>
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