The Freeport Public Library Foundation and the Freeport Community Foundation have joined together to produce a beautiful hardcover art book featuring The Lost Freeport Photos. This 9x12-inch book will make a significant statement for your coffee table or library, or as gifts for friends and relatives. It is also perfect for waiting areas of businesses and would be very appropriate for client gifts or employee recognition awards. Most of the 104 black-and-white photos in the collection will be shown one per page in stunningly crisp detail. Harriett Gustason of the Journal-Standard wrote the history behind the photos as a foreword to the book, and the Stephenson County Historical Society provided identification notes for the photos, examples of which are shown in this brochure.

The book was published jointly by the Freeport Public Library Foundation and the Freeport Community Foundation. The Freeport Community Foundation helps to provide for the well-being of the citizens of northwest Illinois by accumulating assets in the form of permanent endowment funds and prudently distributing income from those funds to charitable organizations. The Freeport Public Library Foundation is the fundraising arm for the Library and is charged with developing an endowment fund for the Library, as well as managing funds to provide necessary capital purchases and sponsoring various programs and events.

Books are available for pick-up and/or purchase at the Freeport Public Library beginning Saturday, December 10; if you did not pre-order, there will be books available for sale at that time. Cost is $50 per book.