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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.
Part of Artifacts collection
This item consists of one red, white, and blue patterned quilt created and donated by Elizabeth Cumming Will in 2003, using fabrics styled after patterns from 1840-1865 for display at Francis Stupey Cabin. 210 x 150 cm. Minor tears repaired by creator 2018.11.
Will, Elizabeth Cumming
Part of Artifacts collection
Wooden plaque lists the various Boy Scouts of Troop 35 that have attained the honor of Eagle Scout from 1927-1950.
Highland Park, Illinois, City Hall
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Framed watercolor on canvas painting celebrates Highland Park initial incorporation in 1869 and the renovation of its City Hall in 1998. 61.5 x 46 x3 cm.
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Panoramic photograph of Northwest Military Institute cadets. 74 x 23 cm.
Wiseman, S
Motor vehicles line up to begin parade.
Brand Studio
Part of Log structures
Verso reads Lamb's in section 16 West of Highwood north fo C & N track way off from the main road."
Seventeen printed items and ephemera, including postcards, monographs, periodicals, a telephone directory, and silver dollar placed in safe deposit bank in 1971. Series also includes notes from opening, key envelope and engraved plaque.
Highland Park Historical Society
Chamberlin's daily agendas document his life, family and activities. Various clippings, programs and other ephemera are inserted in the volumes. Highland Park (Illinois) subjects and organizations documented include Trinity Episcopal Church (Highland Park, Ill.), the Flute and Fiddle Club, North Shore Chamber Orchestra, schools and school districts, and the Highland Park Chamber of Commerce. Other organizations and events include the inauguration of Illinois Governor James R. Thompson, the American Bicentennial, and the Chicago Bar Association. There are also 2 monthly calendars, 1978-1979.
The diary in the first year of the series begins, "still unemployed."
Chamberlin diary's also documented the weather, deaths in his personal life, as well as what he ate everyday.
Chamberlin, John Byrne
View of beach, piers and landscape, possible from Ravine Drive.