From the archives - In the 1930s, the Hinsdale Public Works Department didn't have the modern lifts and machinery it does today for maintaining tall structures and trees. Pictured here in 1938, a public works employee is seen performing maintenance on the newly installed flagpole at Burns Field. This image is from the 1938-39 Public Works Department Annual Report, which humorously captioned it, "This is the way we are most of the time - 'up in the air.'" (photo courtesy of the Hinsdale Historical Society)
