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J. V. Farwell & Co., 112-16 Wabash, Chicago: lithograph by Edward Mendel (1866).
Though apparently not discussed in this 1866 Chicago guide book, pictured in a lithograph, surely paid for by the J. V. Farwell & Co. management, is this warehouse structure, built in 1856. The lithographer was "Ed Mendel."
The J. V. Farwell…
Dr. Seuss, Theodor S. Geisel, 1904-1991, receiving his honorary doctorate at Lake Forest College June 4, 1977
Dr. Seuss, Theodor S. Geisel, is shown receiving his honorary doctorate from Dr. Eugene Hotchkiss III, June 4, 1977, at Lake Forest College's 99th Commencement. On the left, assisting with the hood, is Hollander Professor Art and Faculty Marshall…
"Adulthood and Aging" psychology class, Lake Forest College, 1991
As published in the Lake Forest College magazine Spectrumin the Summer 1991 issue, this photo shows then student Dave Wakabayashi '93 (right, standing), Carrie Collopy '93 (left, seated) and Mary Beth Sirois '92 (right, seated) with some alumni,…
Senior Honors Convocation program, Lake Forest College, 2012, with thesis titles
Lake Forest College's annual academic (mostly) awards ceremony, is held on the afternoon prior to Commencement, so parents from out of town can be present. Among the dozens of awards are the senior thesis award and the seniors' selection for the…
Proposed Esplanade: plan to link CAA, Chicago, to lakefront, 1890s
This 1890s plan to link the entry to the Chicago Athletic Assoc., Michigan Ave., Chicago, to the shoreline east across Grant Park appeared in the CAA'sCherry Circle periodical, February, 1926, 29. Whether this plan or concpet had any connection with…
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…
My Memories by Annie Rhea Wilson (1953). Recollections of growing up in Lake Forest, attending Ferry Hall and Lake Forest University's Collegiate Department (class of 1881), and a life in the mission field.
Annie Rhea Wilson, Lake Forest University Class of 1881, was the daughter of missionaries who also dedicated her life with her husband to the Presbyterian mission field. Her mother, Sarah Rhea, was also a pioneer woman church and mission-promotion…
Lake Forest's Classic Architectural Character, Established 1893-1942
This three-page summary of the history of classic Beaux-Arts planning in the Lake Forest area (estates region extending today north to North Chicago, west to Vernon Hills and Libertyville, and south to Riverwoods and the Ryerson Woods Conservation…
Alice Home: Lake Forest Hospital
This is an unpaginated twenty-four-page booklet, published in 1910, for the "Alice Home, Lake Forest Hospital," on the grounds of Lake Forest University (Lake Forest College, Middle Campus), demolished 1965 after serving as a College residence hall.…