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Green
Green signifies nature, healing, money, love, fertility, and growth. In the Celtic myth about the Green God, he was the God of fertility. Because green represents nature and is seen in most foliage, it represents growth in all aspects. It may be used…
Green Bay Road National Register Historic District Nomination Form, 1995
This NR nomination form, 1995, for Lake Forest's National Register Green Bay Road Historic District is presented here in five parts.
Part 1. Registraton form: Introductory (4pp.)
Part 2. Section 7: Description of the District and List of…
Grimoire
The term Grimoire comes from an old French word that referred to any text written in Latin. The new meaning is believed to date back to the medieval period when pagans were being persecuted. The books of herbal remedies, worship of gods and…
Growing up at Ragdale
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Gymnasium
This is the Lake Forest College's former gymnasium. This photo was taken in 1908. Since 1988, this building has been known as Hotchkiss Hall. To the left of Hotchkiss is the Merrie Mead house, the former home of Calvin Durand. In the front of the…
H. P. Shellabear'sCatalog of Railroad Company Handstamps on U.S. Civil War Revenue Stamps and Packet and Steamship Companies, Part 1--Railroad, 1959 revision hand annotated with pp. 45-49 listed as 1961 addenda.
This appears to be a hand-updated copy of the 1959 revision of Shellabear's 1943 publication, Listing of the railroad cancellations on the first three issues of the revenue stamps of the United States(50, 2 pp.; OCLC number 9025576). The title-page…
H. P. Shellabear'sCatalog of Railroad Company Handstamps on U.S. Civil War Revenue Stamps and Packet and Steamship Companies, Part 2: Packet and Steamship Companies
This is a twelve-page typed carbon copy listing made up only of texts and with facts and no images of stamps, perhaps related to an 8 pp. similar listing on this topic by the author, as listed on OCLC (no. 13363868), from monthly issues of the…
H.M.B. Bookplate, by Beulah Mitchell Clute
A bookplate designed for H.M.B., done by Beulah Mitchell Clute. Clute was a famous bookplate designer and parchment illuminator.
Half Day, Illinois Road House
Ed Kelly's Half Day Road House was also called Perculat's Hotel according to Mrs. Ed Gleason. On the porchs around the hotel, people enjoy the nice weather. The hotel has two flags on either end with many trees.
Attributed by James R. Getz,…