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"Senior Class Gifts" plaque, donated by the Class of 1981, with annual entries through 1993
This walnut wood plaque with brass plates was donated by the Class of 1981, and small brass plates were added annually thorugh 1993 by the Dean of Students office, where presumably it was displayed. the entries by year are:
1981--the…
"The Fourth Estate" by Joseph Medill Patterson and Harriet Ford. A play in four acts, 1909-11?,
This is a copy of a 1909 four-act play "The Fourth Estate" in manuscript with autograph notes and changes in more than one hand, copied from the original in the the Joseph Medill Patterson papers, Lake Forest College library Special Collections. The…
"Water Consumption North Shore Towns, Sept. 1930" graph, as part of a report from consultants about the City of Lake Forest's Water Works
This graph illustrating the relative levels of water drawn from Lake Michigan per person among the Chicago North Shore suburbs shows that Lake Forest was the heaaviest user by a significant margin. This was approximatelly double on a per person basis…
"World's Fair Route"--Cincinnati, Hamilton & Chicago R.R. broadside
This is an advertisement page from a railroad trade periodical, mostly, or a broadside for the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Ohio R.R., from the 1890s. For more explanation see: http://archon.lakeforest.edu/?p=collections/controlcard&id=125 .
The…
"Wright Lodge" Prairie View, Illinois Postcard
The "Wright Lodge" in Prairie View, Illinois is located north of a cemetery entrance passed Half Day on Milwaukee Ave. On the right, plants are in planters on window sills. Also, trees are in front of the lodge.
Attributed by James R. Getz,…
Student Rosters-South School, teacher Hilpertshauser, and school year 1909-10
This book is one of a series of hundreds dating form the early twentieth century, listing the students in local grade schools, their ages or levels and often also the name of a parent and an address or street name also. Information is sparse about…