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1. 2019.008.007 - Booklet, Instruction

   Instruction sheet for HEILAND SYNCHRONAR BATTER CASE / MODEL 24-3. Double-sided, single page, with black text and black and white image of the battery case at left on the front page. On the back page, instructions continue through point 9. The logo for Heiland appears at the bottom: "Heiland / DENVER." The Wilmette Police Department was issued a Busch Pressman camera in 1952. This accessory is included in the donation given to the Wilmette Hi...

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2. 2019.008.008 - Envelope

   Envelope for Heiland Cord. The envelope is light blue with a metal fastener on the reverse. On the front, an image of the black cord appears in lower portion. Text reads, "Heiland CORD / for use with / A.S.A. DOUBLE POST / Synchronized Shutters / Heiland / THE FINEST NAME IN FLASH/ DENVER / Made in U.S.A." Text and an image of man holding a camera on reverse. The Wilmette Police Department was issued a Busch Pressman camera in 1952. This acces...

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3. 2019.008.009 - Booklet, Instruction

   Instruction manual for Wollenstak Full Synchromatic Rapax Shutter. An image of the shutter appears on the front cover. On the reverse, "Wollensak / MEANS FINE LENSES / OPTICAL COMPANY / ROCHETER 5, N.Y. U.S.A." The instruction booklet is 17 pages long. The Wilmette Police Department was issued a Busch Pressman camera in 1952.

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4. 2019.008.010 - Booklet, Instruction

   Instruction sheet, single page. The instructions appear hand-made, typed on a typewriter. At the top of one side, the sheet reads, "NOTICE / The solenoid for flash is out of time. The / contacts are covered with masking tape. Do / not use these [contacts]..." A drawing of the front of the camera is included on the bottom in blue ink. On the reverse, a blank form which reads, "DOGS" and includes categories for License Number, Name, and Breed. T...

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5. 2019.008.011 - Box

   Box for twelve GE flashbulbs, size 5B. The front of the box features the red GE log in upper left. Text reads, "TWELVE GUARANTEED / FLASHBULBS" and "5B" in the upper right corner. In lower right is an image of a smiling model, holding a camera in front of her face as a simulated flash goes off. On the back of the box, information about exposures and film speeds appears. At the bottom, text reads, "WARNING: Static electricity may ignite flashbulbs...

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6. 2019.009.001 - Booklet

   Advertising booklet from Illinois Bell Telephone Company advertising new colors for home or business telephones, circa 1950s. The booklet is a single sheet, folded at the left hand side, with print on the front and back covers and the interior. On the front cover, the illustration of a blonde woman holding a yellow phone to her ear is set against a black background. Text reads, "for the/ discriminating/ conveniently-located/ telephones in col...

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7. 2019.009.002 - Plat, Survey

   Subdivision map/survey of J.S. Morris' Subdivision in Wilmette, "Lot 4 in Roemer's Subdivision of Lots 38, 39 and 40..." appears below the upper title. The specific date of the plat does not appear, but 1955 is printed in several places. The date of surveying is listed as April 14, 1955. The map is printed as a blueprint, on blueprint paper. It includes several blocks with Hibbard Road as the west border, Romona Road as the east border, and Ce...

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8. 2019.009.003A-C - Blueprint

   Blueprint, three pages, of a tri-level residence built at 3044 Barclay Lane. Title in lower right reads, "TRI-LEVEL RESIDENCE/ FOR / VERNON V. SHERMAN AND CO/ BUILDERS AND DEVELOPERS / 831 MAIN ST. EVANSTON, ILL." Designed by Joseph Anthony Levato, 912 Elmwood, Evanston (as noted in lower right). As indicated in this lower right corner, date of the drawings are from 2/11/1955 to 2/25/1955. The first page includes the basement and floor plans,...

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9. 2019.009.004 - Plat, Survey

   Plat/survey of "Town Gardens" subdivision, dated 11/4/1959. The plat is printed on blueprint paper. The subdivided section is triangular. The northern border is Washington Avenue. Hibbard Road is at the left, and at an angle, Skokie boulevard at the east. In the southern section on the plat, Highland Avenue also appears, running paralel to Washington avenue. three main lots are depicted with subdivided properties. Several are indicated as vacate...

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10. 2019.010A-B - Shoe

    Pair of off-white leather dress sandal shoes. Left and right off white leather dress sandals with open toe, open vamp, and threaded ankle strap. Gold tone metal fastener on each shoe. Insole printed in gold [Cobbler at bench in border] "EMPRESS / Last / [in cursive] Stanley Philpson. Gold leather piping at each open toe. 3"-high heels. Box, not retained, has stock number 613 "Jasmin" Locket 7N / $39.000. These shoes were worn as a part...

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11. 2019.011 - Handbill, Political

    Political campaign brochure concerning saloons in New Trier Township after Prohibition was repealed in 1933. Brochure is four pages, tan paper with black printing. Page one reads, from top: "If you wish to / Keep Saloons / out of / New Trier Township / Vote YES / on Ballot / Tuesday, April 10th / (Please Paste This Sheet in Your Window)". Above the date, there is also a sample of the ballot wording, "Shall the sale at retail of alcoholic liq...

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12. 2019.012.001 - Painting

    Watercolor painting on white watercolor-type paper of the Greenleaf Avenue shopping building, also known at the Greenleaf Building in the 1100 block of Greenleaf at Poplar, southeast corner. The Walter Sobel family (the donor's family) owned the building for many years, and Mrs. Betty Sobel operated one shop there, "The Print Mint." Painting has cars lined up in front of the Greenleaf Building. The cars seem to be from about the 80s or 90s, a...

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13. 2019.012.002 - Print

    Print of a painting of the Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad train, also known as the North Shore Line. This railroad ran down Greenleaf Avenue and turned at Poplar Avenue. This print shows a two-car green and red train with a black top, a conductor standing at the back of the train, and someone driving the train. Two autos are in the painting, a gray and a blue one. Two signs with "Western Union" and "Print Mint" can be seen in the win...

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14. 2019.012.003 - Postcard

    Postcard of a Gibson Girl, cream-colored background with black printing. Front of postcard shows a drawing (probably original was a pen and ink) of a Gibson Girl with swept-up hairdo and long, off-the-shoulder gown. The caption printed under the drawing reads, "Gibson's Typical American Girl." Mark lower-left reads, "14065 / Detroit Publishing Co." and in lower right, "Copyright 1901 by Life Pub. Co.". Reverse side has no message, address or stam...

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15. 2019.013.001 - Scrapbook

    Scrapbook belonging to Gertrude Meyer, a student at Mallinckrodt High School. The brown cover has "MY/ SCHOOL/ LIFE" embossed with decorative circle designs at upper right of the front cover. "MEMORY/ BOOK" appears below, with "GERTRUDE MEYER" embossed in a brighter gold below that. Some pages are pre-filled with headings; a page of Contents includes topics like, "Classmates," "Clubs," "Dances," "Stunts," "Songs," "Alumni," etc. The scrapbook ...

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16. 2019.013.002 - Card, Report

    Monthly report card or "monthly school report" at St. Joseph's School for Gertrude Meyer for the 1918-1919 school year. An lithographic image of St. Joseph's appears in the upper left. "Monthly School Report / of St. Joseph's School" is printed at top, with a line for the student's name and a line for "Grade." It's filled in, incorrectly spelled as "Meier" for Gertrude Meyer, grade II. At the bottom, a grid with number grades for September 19...

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17. 2019.014 - Beanie

    Yellow and maroon wool felt child's beanie worn at Avoca School. The beanie is made of alternating wedges of yellow and maroon wool felt, shaped to fit on top of the head. There is a circle of yellow felt sewn at the top where the wedge shapes meet. Heat-impressed on one yellow wedge, in maroon caps: "AVOCA / SCHOOL." The beanie is unlined and machine-sewn. Written in pen along the inside facing: "Mike Carmichael." The donor, Michael Carmi...

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18. 2019.015.001A-B - Boot

    Pair of deep red leather cowboy boots for a young child. Left and right cowboy boots made from textured leather dyed deep red. The boots have a scalloped top with a boot pull on either side. There is decorative stitching in an open loop pattern. On both boots, in a perforated silhouette near the top, is the outline of a man in a cowboy hat. Stitching across vamp. Layered wood and leather sole without an arch. On sole bottom: "Step Master...

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19. 2019.015.002A-E - Bootie

    Pair of pink cotton baby booties, cardboard box, and Baby Shoe Guide. .002A-B) Booties. The booties are made of several types of cotton fabric. One section of the top, and the ankle strap, and the soles, are made of pale pink, small-scale cotton twill. The remaining fabric on the top is an open-weave cotton in off-white. the inside of the booties are lined with flannel. White and blue woven label inside the left bootie: "Mrs. Day's / IDEA...

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20. 2019.016.001 - Book, Account

    Lawrence Knobel ledger for Wilmette milk deliveries from Spinney Run Farms for June 1941. Account book is bound in green cloth with printing on cover: "The / Milkman / Spinney Run Farms / Libertyville, Illinois." Below the title is space for "Month of" ("June 41") and "Route No." ("15"). The inside cover and flyleaf indicate that these pre-printed books were made for dairymen by the Dairy Route Supply Co. of Chicago. Written on flyleaf: "Lawr...

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