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Montgomery Ward Memorial Building

US IlHpHS obj-70.161.1
Item
circa 1930

Part of Artifacts collection

Matted etching of building built in 1926 to house Northwestern University Medical and Dental students and designed by Charles William Brubaker on Chicago, Ave, Chicago, Illinois.

Seymour, Ralph Fletcher

Baseball uniform

US IlHpHS obj-9.76.94
Item
circa 1900-1910

Part of Artifacts collection

Two-piece, short-sleeve, baseball uniform fabricated with grey wool featuring blue stiching and felt lettering "North End A[thletic] C[lub]" on front and "HP" in diamond on sleeve. 131 x 94 cm. Faded.

In Affectionate Memory of First Lieutenant Carroll Binder, Jr.

US IlHpHS obj-2018.1
Item
circa 1945

Part of Artifacts collection

Bronze plaque reads "Ravinia School Class of 1935. Killed in action May 24, 1944 in the service of his country and for a better world." 13 cm. x 18.5 cm.

Binder, Carroll, Jr.

Colt .38 single action revolver and holster

US IlHpHS obj-mars.she
Item
Circa 1872 ; 1909

Part of Artifacts collection

Marshall Sheahan's Colt .38 revolver and original leather holster, made in 1872 and used to thwart bank robber, Lamar A. Harris, in 1909. The holster is stamped 1138. 28 x 3 x 10 cm.

Block and square quilt

US IlHpHS obj-bloc.squ
Item
circa 1900-1920

Part of Artifacts collection

This faded, worn, and partially torn quilt was completed in the block and square pattern/style, with a myriad of colors such as red, blue, green, tan, and white intermingled in the pattern, along with a solid white backing. 155 x 129 cm.

Geese in flight quilt

US IlHpHS obj-gees.fli
Item
circa 1900-1920

Part of Artifacts collection

Triangle based pattern quilt patched in pinks, yellows, reds, blues, browns; as well as a think blue checkered backing interspersed with a pink floral design. 203 x 203 cm. Faded, worn and partially torn. Tag denotes quilt style.

Wagon wheel quilt

US IlHpHS obj-1974.wag
Item
1895

Part of Artifacts collection

Pieced, possibly for a woman's circle of the (First) Baptist Church or the first Evangelical Congregational Church. This 1895 block quilt of wagon wheels is an early example community fundraising in Highland Park, Illinois. It contains 564 names. A wheel's center name is probably the church or missionary member sewing that section with the names in the spokes being subscribers to her wheel. 192 x 190 cm.