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Some Morton Grove (Ill.)-related items: (1) 1976 Milwaukee Road Morton Grove Train Station - at (Lehigh and Lincoln Avenues); (2) 1904 incompleted train station; (3) C. 1905 train station; (4) 1995 "Levi Parsons Morton Biography" and (5) "Bingham and Fernald's Subdivison Map," c. 1891
Sometime in the 1830's or around 1840, John Crane and their son-in-law John Miller settled in the area.On February 6,1841, John Miller, an enterprising settler puchased 80 acres of land for $100.00. He erected a small sawmill located just south…
Bookplate for John Hele Fuge, by Rowe Plymo
This is a bookplate for John Hele Fuge, engraved by Rowe Plymo. It is part of the Asmann-Anthony collection.
"The Massacre of Fort Dearborn at Chicago"
Chciago area remained territory granted to Native Americans, Potowatomies, until 1836, only following the 1832 Blackhawk War--making it one of the last major U.S. metropolitan areas to be founded, following St. Louis, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.…
Bookplate for J.E., by C.M. Price
This is a bookplate for J.E., by bookplate artist C.M. Price.
Bookplate for Harrison Ford, by Walter C. Plunkett
This is a bookplate for Harrison Ford, engraved by Walter C. Plunkett. It is part of the Asmann-Anthony collection.
Bookplate for Antonio Alfonso, by R.
This is a bookplate for Antonio Alfonso, designed by R.
Franklin P. Smith estate, Deerpath, Lake Forest, Illinois--Terrace between house and east porch
This view of the Franklin P. Smith estate from ca. 1901 looks north at the tile-floored terrace between the 1901 Smith house on the left and the "east porch" on the right. Shown are two unsual benches, south and north, with a reflecting pool between…
Donnelley Library, Circulation Desk as renovated in 1983
Shown is the 1965-completed Donnelley Library main floor, as renovated in 1983, with its circulation desk. This was in use until 2003. The date this picture was taken was between 1997 and 1998. The renovation was designed by Chicago Associates…