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Binder with press clippings and photographs relating to the club and its members

Binder with press clippings and photographs relating to the club and its members

Poster with photographs and drawings of Fort Sheridan cemetery landscape project conducted by the club and Lake County Forest Preserve.

Poster with map, photographs, and information about the club's civic and community beautification projects from 1927 to 2007.

Photograph album with photographs of club activities and members. Also includes one newspaper clipping about Jens Jensen.

Scrapbook with award certificates given to the club and photographs of club activities.

Binder with applications for civic and community projects, club programs, flower shows, garden therapy, and publications. Many of the applications are accompanied by photographs and news clippings of the project.

This Fire Chief Medallion belonged to Adolph Gieser. It was awarded to him by the International Association of Fire Engineers during their 39th annual convention between the dates of September 19th-22nd, 1911. The metal casting is a bronze colored, and the attached faded and frayed ribbon is red.

DVD-ROM that is titled “The Gardener’s Daughter, and is dated April 10th, 2000. On the disc under the title written in a fine point black sharpie is the name of the honored individual in question, Elise Weisenber [sic] Gieser. This artifact is houses in it’s original plastic case, and there appear to be minimal amount of scratches on the backside of the disc. Although there are 6 files timestamped as being created on December 31st, 1999 on the disc, only the last one is playable and contains an hour-long interview of Elise about her life and relation to the Bonita Vista Estate (now known as North Suburban Synagogue Beth El) that her father was responsible for. This video was created in tandem with her 90th birthday celebration.