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Franklin P. Smith Estate, Deerpath, Lake Forest, Illinois--house 'Dining room '52'
This is an interior view of the apparently east-facing dining room of the 1901 Franklin P. Smith estate house, on East Deerpath (700 block, south side; demolished). This interior in a Tudor/Stuart-period manner may reflect ca. 1920 work on the house…
Franklin P. Smith estate, Deerpath, Lake Forest, Illinois--House east facade and lawn
The 1900-1901 house of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin P. (Daisy Durand) Smith is shown here, from the east and seeing the east side of the house and its pergola/porch. The architect has not been determined. The image is a gift from Carol Blomquist, from…
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…
Franklin P. Smith estate, Deerpath, Lake Forest, Illinois, 1952--entrance gate and drive.
Shown is the entry from Deerpath to the the Franklin P. Smith estate, Lake Forest, Illinois, in 1952. Mr. Smith, who married Daisy Durand, was in the iron fence business. The house shown was built east of the H. C. Durand house, Daisy's parents'…
Fraternity at LFC
Fraternity house was a common place for students to dine.
Fred A. Hayner, Lake Forest University Class of 1895,.....lfspfmn00069.tif
Fred A. Hayner, Class of 1895, an all-around college leader, is credited with inventing the flying tackle in football as a student at Lake Forest. It "never failed to stop a man in his tracks," said the Chicago Record-Hearld in 1913. Hayner went on…
Frederick Erickson Bookplate by R. Creekmore, '32, (photostatic copy)
A photostatic copy of a bookplate created for Frederick Erickson, designed by R. Creekmore.
Freight cars in yard south of Grand Central Station, Chicago
Pictured are trains of freight cars on tracks in a below-grade freight yard south of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad's Grand Central Station, Harrison Street, Chicago. Visible is the Grand Central Station 242 ft., flat-topped tower standing center…