This ts the first of two groups of images by Nancy Nichols taken by her for research purposes when working on her 2008 book, Lake Effect. Shown are factories in the Waukegan Harbor area, with the tall smokestacks the historic early 20th c.…
Shown are Mrs. and Mr. Henry Clay Durand, and Daisy Durand (adopted daughter, later Mrs. Franklin P. Smith), 1890s. They appear in their two horse open carriage in front of a house with an 1870s style veranda. The house may be theirs, at…