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Bathing suit

Bathing suit

Two-piece Blue woolen swim costume with skirt belonged to one Fannie Everett. 88 x 44 cm.

Wagon wheel quilt

Wagon wheel quilt

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.

Des Plaines River : Rural scene

Des Plaines River : Rural scene

Painting of countryside with cows pasturing in shallow water underneath the eaves of a wooden bridge on the Des Plaines River. 44 x 84 x 2 cm.

Lawrentz, Otto

Colt .38 single action revolver and holster

Colt .38 single action revolver and holster

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.

Froe

Froe

Tool, also known as a shake axe, used to split wood at the grain, especially for splitting shingles. Damaged, 2021-2011.

Moraine Hotel

Moraine Hotel

Place settings for Moraine Hotel consisting of 6 plates, 2 dishes, 3 cups, a bowl creamer, two silver teaspoons, a butter knife, and two empty match booklets bearing the Hotel Moraine insignia.

Hotel Moraine-on-the-Lake

Hat

Hat

White velvet hat with pearl-like embellishments on side. 18.5 cm.

Lyla (Deerfield, Ill.)

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