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.,. -..,..... June 11, ·I9Z6 WILMETTE LIFE 13 ...1- -·, - r · . .., I . ~ . . ,. t ' .... ~ .- ... ... I I .. · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · l1 "Tales of Hoffman" · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ~· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · II In 1887 TWO GENERATIONS ago the firm of Hoffmann Brothers began business in the office pictured here. Hundreds are living in Wilmette today who know the village of those early times only as. a bit of history. Wilmette \Vas then a far-flung outpost of the north· ward growth of today's great metropolitan area. Trans· portation was fraught "vith difficulties. The steam railway had only recently pushed its timid way up the shore. Chicago was still recovering from "the great fire," but planning its great \Vorld's fair. Hoffmann Brothers cannot but serve today's needs better for its rich background of tradition and its thirty· nine years of performance. · · · · · · · · --' A .. ,.. - C ' ·· . ... ·~· . ' · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · . ... · . ... HOFFMANN BROS. · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1208 Central Avenue .~ .I!;le~h~n! .'Yilmette 131 · · 39~ar · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·