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IT IS A REGION KNOWN FORESEEN IC LAKES AND FORESTED TERRAIN. BUT IT IS ALSO KNOWN FOR THE
LAKES AND FORESTED TERRAIN. BUT IT IS ALSO KNOWN FOR THE BEACHES THAT LINE LAKE
BUT IT IS ALSO KNOWN FOR THE BEACHES THAT LINE LAKE MICHIGAN'S SHORE. BUT WHAT MOST
BEACHES THAT LINE LAKE MICHIGAN'S SHORE. BUT WHAT MOST VISITORS OVERLOOK IS THE
MICHIGAN'S SHORE. BUT WHAT MOST VISITORS OVERLOOK IS THE TREASURE THAT IS STORED IN
VISITORS OVERLOOK IS THE TREASURE THAT IS STORED IN SEVERAL RENOVATED FARM BUILDINGS
TREASURE THAT IS STORED IN SEVERAL RENOVATED FARM BUILDINGS AT LAKE WOOD FOREST PRESERVE.
SEVERAL RENOVATED FARM BUILDINGS AT LAKE WOOD FOREST PRESERVE. HELLO I AM JIM WILHELM.
AT LAKE WOOD FOREST PRESERVE. HELLO I AM JIM WILHELM. WHAT WAS ONCE A GENTLEMAN'S FARM
HELLO I AM JIM WILHELM. WHAT WAS ONCE A GENTLEMAN'S FARM RAISING PRIZE WIN I GURNSEY
WHAT WAS ONCE A GENTLEMAN'S FARM RAISING PRIZE WIN I GURNSEY CATTLE IS NOW HOME TO ANOTHER
RAISING PRIZE WIN I GURNSEY CATTLE IS NOW HOME TO ANOTHER PRIZE WINNING FACILITY, LAKE
CATTLE IS NOW HOME TO ANOTHER PRIZE WINNING FACILITY, LAKE COUNTY DISCOVERY MUSEUM WHOSE
PRIZE WINNING FACILITY, LAKE COUNTY DISCOVERY MUSEUM WHOSE ARCHIVES HAVE GAINED NATIONAL
COUNTY DISCOVERY MUSEUM WHOSE ARCHIVES HAVE GAINED NATIONAL ATTENTION.
ARCHIVES HAVE GAINED NATIONAL ATTENTION. UPON ENTERING, GUESTS RECEIVE A
ATTENTION. UPON ENTERING, GUESTS RECEIVE A SPECIAL CARD AND THEN ARE
UPON ENTERING, GUESTS RECEIVE A SPECIAL CARD AND THEN ARE INVITED TO ENTER THE MALL OF
SPECIAL CARD AND THEN ARE INVITED TO ENTER THE MALL OF HISTORY.
INVITED TO ENTER THE MALL OF HISTORY. HERE THEY CAN SHOP FOR
HISTORY. HERE THEY CAN SHOP FOR HISTORICAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE
HERE THEY CAN SHOP FOR HISTORICAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COUNTY, USING THE CARD TO
HISTORICAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COUNTY, USING THE CARD TO ACTIVATE VARIOUS DISPLAYS.
ONE OF THE DISPLAYS IS ABOUT ALEXANDER DOWIE, HE WAS A SCOTTISH PREACHER WHO WAS AN
ALEXANDER DOWIE, HE WAS A SCOTTISH PREACHER WHO WAS AN IMPORTANT FIGURE IN THE DE VINE
SCOTTISH PREACHER WHO WAS AN IMPORTANT FIGURE IN THE DE VINE HEALING MOVEMENT.
IMPORTANT FIGURE IN THE DE VINE HEALING MOVEMENT. HE CAME TO CHICAGO IN 1893 AND
HEALING MOVEMENT. HE CAME TO CHICAGO IN 1893 AND SOON DECIDED THAT HE AND HIS
HE CAME TO CHICAGO IN 1893 AND SOON DECIDED THAT HE AND HIS FOLLOWERS SHOULD START A UTOPIAN
SOON DECIDED THAT HE AND HIS FOLLOWERS SHOULD START A UTOPIAN COMMUNITY.
FOLLOWERS SHOULD START A UTOPIAN COMMUNITY. THEY BOUGHT 6,000 ACRES OF LAND
COMMUNITY. THEY BOUGHT 6,000 ACRES OF LAND NORTH OF THE CITY AND PLOTTED
THEY BOUGHT 6,000 ACRES OF LAND NORTH OF THE CITY AND PLOTTED OUT THE TOWN OF ZION.
NORTH OF THE CITY AND PLOTTED OUT THE TOWN OF ZION. IT WAS A PROGRESSIVE PLAN.
OUT THE TOWN OF ZION. IT WAS A PROGRESSIVE PLAN. THERE WAS A GOLF COURSE, A NICE
IT WAS A PROGRESSIVE PLAN. THERE WAS A GOLF COURSE, A NICE HOTEL FOR THE WORKERS AND OPEN
THERE WAS A GOLF COURSE, A NICE HOTEL FOR THE WORKERS AND OPEN SPACE FOR THE CHILDREN.
HOTEL FOR THE WORKERS AND OPEN SPACE FOR THE CHILDREN. DOWIE ALSO BUILT A TABERNACLE
SPACE FOR THE CHILDREN. DOWIE ALSO BUILT A TABERNACLE THAT COULD SEAT 8,000 WHICH WAS
DOWIE ALSO BUILT A TABERNACLE THAT COULD SEAT 8,000 WHICH WAS LINED WITH BRACES LIKE THIS ONE
THAT COULD SEAT 8,000 WHICH WAS LINED WITH BRACES LIKE THIS ONE AS A TESTMENT TO HIS MESSAGE,
LINED WITH BRACES LIKE THIS ONE AS A TESTMENT TO HIS MESSAGE, PLUS TO SUPPORT THE TOWN, THE
AS A TESTMENT TO HIS MESSAGE, PLUS TO SUPPORT THE TOWN, THE CHURCH OPERATED SEVERAL
PLUS TO SUPPORT THE TOWN, THE CHURCH OPERATED SEVERAL BUSINESSES INCLUDING THIS
CHURCH OPERATED SEVERAL BUSINESSES INCLUDING THIS NATION'S FIRST LACE FACTORY.
BUSINESSES INCLUDING THIS NATION'S FIRST LACE FACTORY. IN 1901, DOWIE STATED HE WAS THE
NATION'S FIRST LACE FACTORY. IN 1901, DOWIE STATED HE WAS THE REINCORE RATION OF THE PROPHET
IN 1901, DOWIE STATED HE WAS THE REINCORE RATION OF THE PROPHET ELIJAH OPENING THE DOOR TO
REINCORE RATION OF THE PROPHET ELIJAH OPENING THE DOOR TO FURTHER CRITICISM.
ELIJAH OPENING THE DOOR TO FURTHER CRITICISM. HE WAS ALREADY UNDER FIRE FOR
FURTHER CRITICISM. HE WAS ALREADY UNDER FIRE FOR HIS USING OFFERINGS TO SUPPORT
HE WAS ALREADY UNDER FIRE FOR HIS USING OFFERINGS TO SUPPORT HIS EXTRAVAGANCE.
HIS USING OFFERINGS TO SUPPORT HIS EXTRAVAGANCE. ALSO HE WAS MAKING BAD
HIS EXTRAVAGANCE. ALSO HE WAS MAKING BAD INVESTMENTS AND THE TOWN WAS
ALSO HE WAS MAKING BAD INVESTMENTS AND THE TOWN WAS GOING BANKRUPT.
INVESTMENTS AND THE TOWN WAS GOING BANKRUPT. THIS CHAIR IS FROM HIS 25 ROOM
GOING BANKRUPT. THIS CHAIR IS FROM HIS 25 ROOM MANSION THAT WAS ADORNED WITH
THIS CHAIR IS FROM HIS 25 ROOM MANSION THAT WAS ADORNED WITH $50,000 WORTH OF FURNISHINGS.
MANSION THAT WAS ADORNED WITH $50,000 WORTH OF FURNISHINGS. EVENTUALLY FOOES THESE FINANCIAL
$50,000 WORTH OF FURNISHINGS. EVENTUALLY FOOES THESE FINANCIAL CONCERNS LED TO AN ELECTION FOR
EVENTUALLY FOOES THESE FINANCIAL CONCERNS LED TO AN ELECTION FOR NEW OVERSEER, AND HE LOST BY 95%
CONCERNS LED TO AN ELECTION FOR NEW OVERSEER, AND HE LOST BY 95% OF THE VOTE.
NEW OVERSEER, AND HE LOST BY 95% OF THE VOTE. NOT LONG AFTERWARDS, HE PASSED
OF THE VOTE. NOT LONG AFTERWARDS, HE PASSED AWAY.
NOT LONG AFTERWARDS, HE PASSED AWAY. BUT LAKE COUNTY IS BETTER KNOWN
AWAY. BUT LAKE COUNTY IS BETTER KNOWN AS A VACATION DESTINATION.
BUT LAKE COUNTY IS BETTER KNOWN AS A VACATION DESTINATION. SINCE THE 1800'S, THE CHAIN-O-
AS A VACATION DESTINATION. SINCE THE 1800'S, THE CHAIN-O- LAKES HAS ATTRACTED VISITORS.
SINCE THE 1800'S, THE CHAIN-O- LAKES HAS ATTRACTED VISITORS. AT GRASS LAKE, BOATS LIKE THIS
LAKES HAS ATTRACTED VISITORS. AT GRASS LAKE, BOATS LIKE THIS WOULD TAKE GUESTS OUT ON A
AT GRASS LAKE, BOATS LIKE THIS WOULD TAKE GUESTS OUT ON A LEISURELY TOUR OF THE MASSIVE
WOULD TAKE GUESTS OUT ON A LEISURELY TOUR OF THE MASSIVE LOTUS BEDS WHICH BLANKETED THE
LEISURELY TOUR OF THE MASSIVE LOTUS BEDS WHICH BLANKETED THE WATER.
LOTUS BEDS WHICH BLANKETED THE WATER. AT ONE TIME THERE WAS OVER A
WATER. AT ONE TIME THERE WAS OVER A THOUSAND ACRES OF FLOATING
AT ONE TIME THERE WAS OVER A THOUSAND ACRES OF FLOATING LOTUSES WHOSE BLOOMS WERE
THOUSAND ACRES OF FLOATING LOTUSES WHOSE BLOOMS WERE ATTRACTING AND EVER INCREASING
LOTUSES WHOSE BLOOMS WERE ATTRACTING AND EVER INCREASING NUMBER OF TOURISTS.
ATTRACTING AND EVER INCREASING NUMBER OF TOURISTS. BUT THEIR SUCCESS WOULD ALSO BE
NUMBER OF TOURISTS. BUT THEIR SUCCESS WOULD ALSO BE THEIR END AS PEOPLE VACATIONED
BUT THEIR SUCCESS WOULD ALSO BE THEIR END AS PEOPLE VACATIONED AT THE LAKES, THEY WANTED MORE
THEIR END AS PEOPLE VACATIONED AT THE LAKES, THEY WANTED MORE RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.
AT THE LAKES, THEY WANTED MORE RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES. THE LAKES ARE NATURALLY SHALLOW
RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES. THE LAKES ARE NATURALLY SHALLOW SO THEY WERE DAMMED UP OVER THE
THE LAKES ARE NATURALLY SHALLOW SO THEY WERE DAMMED UP OVER THE YEARS RAISING THE WATER LEVELS,
SO THEY WERE DAMMED UP OVER THE YEARS RAISING THE WATER LEVELS, BUT ALSO DROWNING A LOT OF THE
YEARS RAISING THE WATER LEVELS, BUT ALSO DROWNING A LOT OF THE LOTUS BLOSSOMS.
BUT ALSO DROWNING A LOT OF THE LOTUS BLOSSOMS. IN ADDITION, INCREASING
LOTUS BLOSSOMS. IN ADDITION, INCREASING MOTORBOAT TRAFFIC TORE UP THE
IN ADDITION, INCREASING MOTORBOAT TRAFFIC TORE UP THE ROOTS AND STIRRED UP THE WATERS
MOTORBOAT TRAFFIC TORE UP THE ROOTS AND STIRRED UP THE WATERS MAKING THEM TOO MURKY TORE
ROOTS AND STIRRED UP THE WATERS MAKING THEM TOO MURKY TORE SUNLIGHT TO PENETRATE.
MAKING THEM TOO MURKY TORE SUNLIGHT TO PENETRATE. TODAY THE CHAIN-O- LAKES IS
SUNLIGHT TO PENETRATE. TODAY THE CHAIN-O- LAKES IS CONSIDERED THE BUSIEST WATERWAY
TODAY THE CHAIN-O- LAKES IS CONSIDERED THE BUSIEST WATERWAY IN THE NATION.
CONSIDERED THE BUSIEST WATERWAY IN THE NATION. BUT THE LOTUS ISN'T GONE.
IN THE NATION. BUT THE LOTUS ISN'T GONE. IN FACT, IT IS BEGINNING TO MAKE
BUT THE LOTUS ISN'T GONE. IN FACT, IT IS BEGINNING TO MAKE A LIMITED COME BACK, YET NO
IN FACT, IT IS BEGINNING TO MAKE A LIMITED COME BACK, YET NO WHERE NEAR THE NUMBERS GUESTS
A LIMITED COME BACK, YET NO WHERE NEAR THE NUMBERS GUESTS SAW AROUND THE TURN OF THE
WHERE NEAR THE NUMBERS GUESTS SAW AROUND THE TURN OF THE CENTURY.
WELCOME BACK TO THE LAKE COUNTY DISCOVERY MUSEUM IN WAUCONDA WHICH RECOUNTS THE STORY OF
DISCOVERY MUSEUM IN WAUCONDA WHICH RECOUNTS THE STORY OF EDWARDS AMET, ALTHOUGH HE IS
WHICH RECOUNTS THE STORY OF EDWARDS AMET, ALTHOUGH HE IS CREDITED OF 58 PATE ENTERS, THE
EDWARDS AMET, ALTHOUGH HE IS CREDITED OF 58 PATE ENTERS, THE FIRST OF WHICH HE RECEIVED AT
CREDITED OF 58 PATE ENTERS, THE FIRST OF WHICH HE RECEIVED AT ONLY 17 HE IS BEST KNOWN FOR
FIRST OF WHICH HE RECEIVED AT ONLY 17 HE IS BEST KNOWN FOR PROJECTING MOVIES.
ONLY 17 HE IS BEST KNOWN FOR PROJECTING MOVIES. IN 1894, DISAPPOINTED AND ONLY
PROJECTING MOVIES. IN 1894, DISAPPOINTED AND ONLY ONE PERSON AT TIME COULD VIEW A
IN 1894, DISAPPOINTED AND ONLY ONE PERSON AT TIME COULD VIEW A FILM THROUGH A KINETSCOPE.
ONE PERSON AT TIME COULD VIEW A FILM THROUGH A KINETSCOPE. HE DESIGNED THE FIRST MOTION
FILM THROUGH A KINETSCOPE. HE DESIGNED THE FIRST MOTION PICTURE PROJECTOR.
HE DESIGNED THE FIRST MOTION PICTURE PROJECTOR. ON DISPLAY IS ONLY ONE OF THESE
PICTURE PROJECTOR. ON DISPLAY IS ONLY ONE OF THESE RECEIVE EN KNOWN OF THESE
ON DISPLAY IS ONLY ONE OF THESE RECEIVE EN KNOWN OF THESE MACHINES, IT WAS CALLED A NAG
RECEIVE EN KNOWN OF THESE MACHINES, IT WAS CALLED A NAG MAGNISCOPE.
MACHINES, IT WAS CALLED A NAG MAGNISCOPE. IT WAS REVOLUTIONARY.
MAGNISCOPE. IT WAS REVOLUTIONARY. IN THE FIRST WEEK OF PROJECTING
IT WAS REVOLUTIONARY. IN THE FIRST WEEK OF PROJECTING FILL PS AT THE WAUKEGAN OPERA
IN THE FIRST WEEK OF PROJECTING FILL PS AT THE WAUKEGAN OPERA HOUSE, HE MADE $400.
FILL PS AT THE WAUKEGAN OPERA HOUSE, HE MADE $400. HE SOLD THE PROJECTORS TO
HOUSE, HE MADE $400. HE SOLD THE PROJECTORS TO INDIVIDUALS WHO TRAVELED FROM
HE SOLD THE PROJECTORS TO INDIVIDUALS WHO TRAVELED FROM TOWN TO TOWN SETTING UP
INDIVIDUALS WHO TRAVELED FROM TOWN TO TOWN SETTING UP TEMPORARY THEATERS.
TOWN TO TOWN SETTING UP TEMPORARY THEATERS. HE SOON FOUND OUT THERE WASN'T
TEMPORARY THEATERS. HE SOON FOUND OUT THERE WASN'T ENOUGH PRODUCT AND WAS FORCED
HE SOON FOUND OUT THERE WASN'T ENOUGH PRODUCT AND WAS FORCED INTO MAKING HIS OWN FILMS.
ENOUGH PRODUCT AND WAS FORCED INTO MAKING HIS OWN FILMS. HE BUILT A LAB IN HIS BACKYARD,
INTO MAKING HIS OWN FILMS. HE BUILT A LAB IN HIS BACKYARD, COMPLETE WITH TOWER TO HANG THE
HE BUILT A LAB IN HIS BACKYARD, COMPLETE WITH TOWER TO HANG THE DRYING RE.
COMPLETE WITH TOWER TO HANG THE DRYING RE. LS.
DRYING RE. LS. ONE OF HIS MOST FAMOUS ENDEAVORS
LS. ONE OF HIS MOST FAMOUS ENDEAVORS WAS THE DEPICTION OF MAY HAVE HE
ONE OF HIS MOST FAMOUS ENDEAVORS WAS THE DEPICTION OF MAY HAVE HE WILL BATTLE DURING THE SPANISH
WAS THE DEPICTION OF MAY HAVE HE WILL BATTLE DURING THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR.
ON DISPLAY IS ONE OF THE MODELS HE MADE FOR THAT FILM WHICH IS NOW CONSIDERED THE FIRST USE OF
HE MADE FOR THAT FILM WHICH IS NOW CONSIDERED THE FIRST USE OF SPECIAL EFFECTS PROPS IN A
NOW CONSIDERED THE FIRST USE OF SPECIAL EFFECTS PROPS IN A MOVIE.
SPECIAL EFFECTS PROPS IN A MOVIE. YET, BY 1900, AMET DECIDED THE
MOVIE. YET, BY 1900, AMET DECIDED THE NOVELTY OF MOVING PICTURES WAS
YET, BY 1900, AMET DECIDED THE NOVELTY OF MOVING PICTURES WAS OVER AND SOLD HIS INTEREST TO
NOVELTY OF MOVING PICTURES WAS OVER AND SOLD HIS INTEREST TO HIS FINANCIAL PARTNER.
OVER AND SOLD HIS INTEREST TO HIS FINANCIAL PARTNER. HIS PARTNER WAS OWNER OF THE
HIS FINANCIAL PARTNER. HIS PARTNER WAS OWNER OF THE LOCAL OPERA HOUSE WHERE THE
HIS PARTNER WAS OWNER OF THE LOCAL OPERA HOUSE WHERE THE MAGNISCOPE FIRST PREMIERED.
LOCAL OPERA HOUSE WHERE THE MAGNISCOPE FIRST PREMIERED. HIS NAME WAS GEORGE SPOOR, AND
MAGNISCOPE FIRST PREMIERED. HIS NAME WAS GEORGE SPOOR, AND HE WENT ONTO FORM S AND A FILMS
HIS NAME WAS GEORGE SPOOR, AND HE WENT ONTO FORM S AND A FILMS IN CHICAGO.
HE WENT ONTO FORM S AND A FILMS IN CHICAGO. THAT COMPANY PRODUCED HUNDREDS
IN CHICAGO. THAT COMPANY PRODUCED HUNDREDS OF FILMS AND EMPLOYED SUCH STARS
THAT COMPANY PRODUCED HUNDREDS OF FILMS AND EMPLOYED SUCH STARS AND GLORIA JUAN SON AND CHARLIE
OF FILMS AND EMPLOYED SUCH STARS AND GLORIA JUAN SON AND CHARLIE CHAPLIN.
AND GLORIA JUAN SON AND CHARLIE CHAPLIN. ON DISPLAY IS A POSTER FRAGMENT
CHAPLIN. ON DISPLAY IS A POSTER FRAGMENT FROM A MAGNISCOPE SHOW FROM
ON DISPLAY IS A POSTER FRAGMENT FROM A MAGNISCOPE SHOW FROM 1898, GEORGE SPOOR'S CALLING
FROM A MAGNISCOPE SHOW FROM 1898, GEORGE SPOOR'S CALLING CARD, AND A PROP HAT FROM S AND
1898, GEORGE SPOOR'S CALLING CARD, AND A PROP HAT FROM S AND A STUDIOS.
CARD, AND A PROP HAT FROM S AND A STUDIOS. BUT IN ADDITION TO EARLY MOVIE
A STUDIOS. BUT IN ADDITION TO EARLY MOVIE HISTORY, THIS MUSEUM IS KNOWN
BUT IN ADDITION TO EARLY MOVIE HISTORY, THIS MUSEUM IS KNOWN FOR ANOTHER TYPE OF VISUAL ART.
HISTORY, THIS MUSEUM IS KNOWN FOR ANOTHER TYPE OF VISUAL ART. POST CARDS.
FOR ANOTHER TYPE OF VISUAL ART. POST CARDS. STORED IN ARCHIVES AND ON
POST CARDS. STORED IN ARCHIVES AND ON DISPLAY IS THE NATION'S LARGEST
STORED IN ARCHIVES AND ON DISPLAY IS THE NATION'S LARGEST PUBLIC COLLECTION OF PICTURE
DISPLAY IS THE NATION'S LARGEST PUBLIC COLLECTION OF PICTURE POST CARDS.
PUBLIC COLLECTION OF PICTURE POST CARDS. MORE THAN A QUICK WAY TO SEND A
POST CARDS. MORE THAN A QUICK WAY TO SEND A CHEAP MESSAGE, THEY DOCUMENT
MORE THAN A QUICK WAY TO SEND A CHEAP MESSAGE, THEY DOCUMENT AMERICA IN THE 20TH CENTURY.
CHEAP MESSAGE, THEY DOCUMENT AMERICA IN THE 20TH CENTURY. THE HISTORY OF POST CARDS IN THE
AMERICA IN THE 20TH CENTURY. THE HISTORY OF POST CARDS IN THE U.S. BEGINS AT THE COLUMBIAN
THE HISTORY OF POST CARDS IN THE U.S. BEGINS AT THE COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION IN CHICAGO.
U.S. BEGINS AT THE COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION IN CHICAGO. IT WAS THERE IN 1893 THAT THE
EXPOSITION IN CHICAGO. IT WAS THERE IN 1893 THAT THE FIRST CARDS EVER PRINTED IN
IT WAS THERE IN 1893 THAT THE FIRST CARDS EVER PRINTED IN AMERICA WERE SOLD.
FIRST CARDS EVER PRINTED IN AMERICA WERE SOLD. LATER, BESIDES HIGHLIGHTING
AMERICA WERE SOLD. LATER, BESIDES HIGHLIGHTING TRAVEL DESTINATIONS, THEY WERE
LATER, BESIDES HIGHLIGHTING TRAVEL DESTINATIONS, THEY WERE USED TO RECORD NEWS EVENTS.
TRAVEL DESTINATIONS, THEY WERE USED TO RECORD NEWS EVENTS. IN AN AGE WHERE MAGAZINES COULD
USED TO RECORD NEWS EVENTS. IN AN AGE WHERE MAGAZINES COULD ONLY PRINT DRAWINGS, PICTURE
IN AN AGE WHERE MAGAZINES COULD ONLY PRINT DRAWINGS, PICTURE POST CARDS WERE PART OF AN
ONLY PRINT DRAWINGS, PICTURE POST CARDS WERE PART OF AN EXPLODING IMAGE INDUSTRY.
POST CARDS WERE PART OF AN EXPLODING IMAGE INDUSTRY. TODAY THE MUSEUM IS HOME TO
EXPLODING IMAGE INDUSTRY. TODAY THE MUSEUM IS HOME TO SEVERAL VARYING CARD
TODAY THE MUSEUM IS HOME TO SEVERAL VARYING CARD COLLECTIONS.
RIGHT NOW, WE ARE IN THE ARCHIVE BUILDING, AND WE ARE SURROUNDED BY SOME OF THE THREE MILLION
BUILDING, AND WE ARE SURROUNDED BY SOME OF THE THREE MILLION PICTURE POST CARDS STORED HERE.
BY SOME OF THE THREE MILLION PICTURE POST CARDS STORED HERE. BUT ROUGHLY TWO-THIRDS OF THAT
PICTURE POST CARDS STORED HERE. BUT ROUGHLY TWO-THIRDS OF THAT COLLECTION CAME FROM A SINGLE
BUT ROUGHLY TWO-THIRDS OF THAT COLLECTION CAME FROM A SINGLE SOURCE.
COLLECTION CAME FROM A SINGLE SOURCE. CURT TEICH IMMIGRATED TO CHICAGO
SOURCE. CURT TEICH IMMIGRATED TO CHICAGO IN 1896 WHERE HE WORKED FOR A
CURT TEICH IMMIGRATED TO CHICAGO IN 1896 WHERE HE WORKED FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AS A PRINTER'S
IN 1896 WHERE HE WORKED FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AS A PRINTER'S APPRENTICE.
COUPLE OF YEARS AS A PRINTER'S APPRENTICE. TWO YEARS LATE HE, HE TOOK A
APPRENTICE. TWO YEARS LATE HE, HE TOOK A CAMERA, BOARDED A TRAIN AND
TWO YEARS LATE HE, HE TOOK A CAMERA, BOARDED A TRAIN AND STARTED HIS OWN BUSINESS.
CAMERA, BOARDED A TRAIN AND STARTED HIS OWN BUSINESS. SELLING PICTURES OF AREA
STARTED HIS OWN BUSINESS. SELLING PICTURES OF AREA HIGHLIGHTS TO LOCAL VENDORS.
SELLING PICTURES OF AREA HIGHLIGHTS TO LOCAL VENDORS. HIS COMPANY BECAME THE WORLD'S
HIGHLIGHTS TO LOCAL VENDORS. HIS COMPANY BECAME THE WORLD'S LARGEST VOLUME PRINTER OF POST
HIS COMPANY BECAME THE WORLD'S LARGEST VOLUME PRINTER OF POST CARDS, PRODUCING SOME
LARGEST VOLUME PRINTER OF POST CARDS, PRODUCING SOME 250 MILLION CARDS ANNUALLY.
CARDS, PRODUCING SOME 250 MILLION CARDS ANNUALLY. ON DISPLAY AT THE MUSEUM ARE
250 MILLION CARDS ANNUALLY. ON DISPLAY AT THE MUSEUM ARE SOME OF THE PRINTING APPARATUS
ON DISPLAY AT THE MUSEUM ARE SOME OF THE PRINTING APPARATUS FROM THE PLANT THAT OPERATED
SOME OF THE PRINTING APPARATUS FROM THE PLANT THAT OPERATED UNTIL 1978.
FROM THE PLANT THAT OPERATED UNTIL 1978. ANOTHER EXHIBIT SHOWS THE
UNTIL 1978. ANOTHER EXHIBIT SHOWS THE PROGRESSION OF A SINGLE CARD AND
ANOTHER EXHIBIT SHOWS THE PROGRESSION OF A SINGLE CARD AND ALL THE ARTWORK ASSOCIATED WITH
PROGRESSION OF A SINGLE CARD AND ALL THE ARTWORK ASSOCIATED WITH IT ALONG WITH THE HISTORIES OF
ALL THE ARTWORK ASSOCIATED WITH IT ALONG WITH THE HISTORIES OF SOME OF THE ARTISTS THE COMPANY
IT ALONG WITH THE HISTORIES OF SOME OF THE ARTISTS THE COMPANY EMPLOYED.
SOME OF THE ARTISTS THE COMPANY EMPLOYED. >>> INTERESTINGLY, MOST OF THE
EMPLOYED. >>> INTERESTINGLY, MOST OF THE PICTURES WERE TAKEN BY TEICH'S
>>> INTERESTINGLY, MOST OF THE PICTURES WERE TAKEN BY TEICH'S SALESMEN.
PICTURES WERE TAKEN BY TEICH'S SALESMEN. IT WASN'T UNTIL 1956 THAT HE
SALESMEN. IT WASN'T UNTIL 1956 THAT HE ACTUALLY HIRED HIS FIRST
IT WASN'T UNTIL 1956 THAT HE ACTUALLY HIRED HIS FIRST PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER.
ACTUALLY HIRED HIS FIRST PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER. AND AS A MATTER OF RECORD, THE
PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER. AND AS A MATTER OF RECORD, THE COMPANY KEPT A COPY OF EVERY
AND AS A MATTER OF RECORD, THE COMPANY KEPT A COPY OF EVERY POST CARD THEY EVER PRODUCED
COMPANY KEPT A COPY OF EVERY POST CARD THEY EVER PRODUCED CREATING NOT ONLY A VISUAL
POST CARD THEY EVER PRODUCED CREATING NOT ONLY A VISUAL HISTORY OF AMERICA, BUT OF POST
CREATING NOT ONLY A VISUAL HISTORY OF AMERICA, BUT OF POST CARDS THEMSELVES.
HISTORY OF AMERICA, BUT OF POST CARDS THEMSELVES. HERE IS AN EARLY CARD KNOWN ***
CARDS THEMSELVES. HERE IS AN EARLY CARD KNOWN *** UNDIVIDED BACK PRINTED BEFORE
HERE IS AN EARLY CARD KNOWN *** UNDIVIDED BACK PRINTED BEFORE 1907.
UNDIVIDED BACK PRINTED BEFORE 1907. PRIOR TO THAT TIME, IT WAS
1907. PRIOR TO THAT TIME, IT WAS ILLEGAL TO WRITE ANYTHING BUT
PRIOR TO THAT TIME, IT WAS ILLEGAL TO WRITE ANYTHING BUT THE ADDRESS ON THE STAMPED SIDE.
ILLEGAL TO WRITE ANYTHING BUT THE ADDRESS ON THE STAMPED SIDE. THAT'S WHY THE PICTURES ON THE
THE ADDRESS ON THE STAMPED SIDE. THAT'S WHY THE PICTURES ON THE FRONTS OF THESE CARDS ARE OFFSET
THAT'S WHY THE PICTURES ON THE FRONTS OF THESE CARDS ARE OFFSET TO PROVIDE A MESSAGE SPACE.
FRONTS OF THESE CARDS ARE OFFSET TO PROVIDE A MESSAGE SPACE. THIS IS A LINEN STYLE CARD
TO PROVIDE A MESSAGE SPACE. THIS IS A LINEN STYLE CARD PRINTED ON TEXTURED PAPER TO
THIS IS A LINEN STYLE CARD PRINTED ON TEXTURED PAPER TO SIMULATE CLOTH.
PRINTED ON TEXTURED PAPER TO SIMULATE CLOTH. THE COLORING WAS ADDED DURING
SIMULATE CLOTH. THE COLORING WAS ADDED DURING THE PRINTING PROCESS.
THE COLORING WAS ADDED DURING THE PRINTING PROCESS. SOMETIMES FOR RESEARCHERS AND
THE PRINTING PROCESS. SOMETIMES FOR RESEARCHERS AND RENOVATORS, POST CARDS CAN BE
SOMETIMES FOR RESEARCHERS AND RENOVATORS, POST CARDS CAN BE THE ONLY SOURCE OF INFORMATION
RENOVATORS, POST CARDS CAN BE THE ONLY SOURCE OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE ABOUT COLOR.
THE ONLY SOURCE OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE ABOUT COLOR. TODAY THIS COLLECTION IS
AVAILABLE ABOUT COLOR. TODAY THIS COLLECTION IS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC OVER THE
TODAY THIS COLLECTION IS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC OVER THE INTERNET OR THROUGH THE STAFF
AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC OVER THE INTERNET OR THROUGH THE STAFF WHICH CAN HELP IN FINDING
INTERNET OR THROUGH THE STAFF WHICH CAN HELP IN FINDING IMAGES.
WHICH CAN HELP IN FINDING IMAGES. IN ADDITION TO THE COMMERCIAL
IMAGES. IN ADDITION TO THE COMMERCIAL AND HISTORICAL USES, THESE CARDS
IN ADDITION TO THE COMMERCIAL AND HISTORICAL USES, THESE CARDS HAVE BEEN A VALUABLE SOURCE OF
AND HISTORICAL USES, THESE CARDS HAVE BEEN A VALUABLE SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR GENEALOGISTS.
HAVE BEEN A VALUABLE SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR GENEALOGISTS. >>> BESIDES THE POST CARDS, THIS
INFORMATION FOR GENEALOGISTS. >>> BESIDES THE POST CARDS, THIS BUILDING ALSO HOUSES THE COUNTY
>>> BESIDES THE POST CARDS, THIS BUILDING ALSO HOUSES THE COUNTY MUSEUM'S ARCHIVES.
BUILDING ALSO HOUSES THE COUNTY MUSEUM'S ARCHIVES. UPSTAIRS IS THE LARGE COLLECTION
MUSEUM'S ARCHIVES. UPSTAIRS IS THE LARGE COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS FROM LAKE COUNTY,
UPSTAIRS IS THE LARGE COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS FROM LAKE COUNTY, PLAT MAPS DATING BACK TO 1861.
OF PHOTOGRAPHS FROM LAKE COUNTY, PLAT MAPS DATING BACK TO 1861. THE HISTORY OF 52 ONE ROOM
PLAT MAPS DATING BACK TO 1861. THE HISTORY OF 52 ONE ROOM SCHOOLHOUSES AND ITEMS FROM THE
THE HISTORY OF 52 ONE ROOM SCHOOLHOUSES AND ITEMS FROM THE CIVIL WAR.
INCLUDING A VERY COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTION OF RECORDS FROM THE 96TH ILLINOIS REGIMENTAL
COLLECTION OF RECORDS FROM THE 96TH ILLINOIS REGIMENTAL VOLUNTEERS, THERE ARE MUSTER
96TH ILLINOIS REGIMENTAL VOLUNTEERS, THERE ARE MUSTER ROLLS, ORDINANCE REPORTS, AND
VOLUNTEERS, THERE ARE MUSTER ROLLS, ORDINANCE REPORTS, AND SERIES OF LETTERS WRITTEN BY TWO
ROLLS, ORDINANCE REPORTS, AND SERIES OF LETTERS WRITTEN BY TWO MEMBERS.
SERIES OF LETTERS WRITTEN BY TWO MEMBERS. THEY NOT ONLY DESCRIBE THE
MEMBERS. THEY NOT ONLY DESCRIBE THE CONDITIONS OF BATTLE, BUT
THEY NOT ONLY DESCRIBE THE CONDITIONS OF BATTLE, BUT SURPRISINGLY THEY DEMONSTRATE
CONDITIONS OF BATTLE, BUT SURPRISINGLY THEY DEMONSTRATE HOW INFORMAL SOME OF THE SMALLER
SURPRISINGLY THEY DEMONSTRATE HOW INFORMAL SOME OF THE SMALLER SKIRMISHES CAN BECOME. THIS ONE
HOW INFORMAL SOME OF THE SMALLER SKIRMISHES CAN BECOME. THIS ONE WAS WRITTEN FROM THE FIELD IN
SKIRMISHES CAN BECOME. THIS ONE WAS WRITTEN FROM THE FIELD IN GEORGIA IN JUNE OF 1864.
WAS WRITTEN FROM THE FIELD IN GEORGIA IN JUNE OF 1864. OUR CAMP WAS ON SKIRMISH LINE.
GEORGIA IN JUNE OF 1864. OUR CAMP WAS ON SKIRMISH LINE. WHEN WE WOULD BE TIRED OF
OUR CAMP WAS ON SKIRMISH LINE. WHEN WE WOULD BE TIRED OF SHOOTING EACH OTHER, WE WOULD
WHEN WE WOULD BE TIRED OF SHOOTING EACH OTHER, WE WOULD STOP AND TALK TO EACH OTHER FOR
SHOOTING EACH OTHER, WE WOULD STOP AND TALK TO EACH OTHER FOR AWHILE TO VARY THE AMUSEMENT.
STOP AND TALK TO EACH OTHER FOR AWHILE TO VARY THE AMUSEMENT. AND HERE IS ONE ABOUT LINCOLN'S
AWHILE TO VARY THE AMUSEMENT. AND HERE IS ONE ABOUT LINCOLN'S ASSASSINATION SENT FROM
AND HERE IS ONE ABOUT LINCOLN'S ASSASSINATION SENT FROM NASHVILLE IN 1865.
ASSASSINATION SENT FROM NASHVILLE IN 1865. A MAN IN OUR BRIGADE SAID HE WAS
NASHVILLE IN 1865. A MAN IN OUR BRIGADE SAID HE WAS GLAD THE PRESIDENT WAS KILLED.
A MAN IN OUR BRIGADE SAID HE WAS GLAD THE PRESIDENT WAS KILLED. GENERAL KIMBAL ORDERED HIS HEAD
GLAD THE PRESIDENT WAS KILLED. GENERAL KIMBAL ORDERED HIS HEAD SHAVED AND HIM DRUMMED THE
GENERAL KIMBAL ORDERED HIS HEAD SHAVED AND HIM DRUMMED THE LENGTH OF THE DIVISION.
SHAVED AND HIM DRUMMED THE LENGTH OF THE DIVISION. THERE WAS QUITE A NUMBER OF
LENGTH OF THE DIVISION. THERE WAS QUITE A NUMBER OF PERSONS SHOT IN THE CITY FOR THE
THERE WAS QUITE A NUMBER OF PERSONS SHOT IN THE CITY FOR THE SAME OFFENSE.
OTHER PEOPLE HAVE CHOSEN THIS MUSEUM TO HOUSE THEIR COLLECTIONS.
THIS MUSEUM TO HOUSE THEIR COLLECTIONS. STAGE ACTOR BILL HINES DONATED
COLLECTIONS. STAGE ACTOR BILL HINES DONATED HIS RARE AND VALUABLE CARDS
STAGE ACTOR BILL HINES DONATED HIS RARE AND VALUABLE CARDS WHICH ARE ALL WOVEN OUT OF SILK.
HIS RARE AND VALUABLE CARDS WHICH ARE ALL WOVEN OUT OF SILK. THIS STYLE WAS BORN IN ENGLAND
WHICH ARE ALL WOVEN OUT OF SILK. THIS STYLE WAS BORN IN ENGLAND IN THE 1860'S WHEN THE LOCAL
THIS STYLE WAS BORN IN ENGLAND IN THE 1860'S WHEN THE LOCAL SILK RIBBON MARKET WAS FLOODED
IN THE 1860'S WHEN THE LOCAL SILK RIBBON MARKET WAS FLOODED WITH CHEAPER IMPORTS.
SILK RIBBON MARKET WAS FLOODED WITH CHEAPER IMPORTS. HERE IS A WHIMSICAL DISPLAY.
WITH CHEAPER IMPORTS. HERE IS A WHIMSICAL DISPLAY. IN 1901, A PHOENIX SHOE COMPANY
HERE IS A WHIMSICAL DISPLAY. IN 1901, A PHOENIX SHOE COMPANY SPONSORED A CONTEST TO SEE HOW
IN 1901, A PHOENIX SHOE COMPANY SPONSORED A CONTEST TO SEE HOW MANY TIMES ITS SLOGAN COULD BE
SPONSORED A CONTEST TO SEE HOW MANY TIMES ITS SLOGAN COULD BE WRITTEN ON A POST CARD.
MANY TIMES ITS SLOGAN COULD BE WRITTEN ON A POST CARD. WIN OTHER DID IT TOTAL OF 1,039
WRITTEN ON A POST CARD. WIN OTHER DID IT TOTAL OF 1,039 TIMES.
WIN OTHER DID IT TOTAL OF 1,039 TIMES. THERE ARE OTHER COLLECTIONS IN
TIMES. THERE ARE OTHER COLLECTIONS IN THE ARCHIVES, AND MORE COMING IN
THERE ARE OTHER COLLECTIONS IN THE ARCHIVES, AND MORE COMING IN ALL THE TIME.
THE ARCHIVES, AND MORE COMING IN ALL THE TIME. SO IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A
ALL THE TIME. SO IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A SPECIFIC IMAGE, PLEASE CONTACT
SO IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A SPECIFIC IMAGE, PLEASE CONTACT THE STAFF BY E-MAIL OR BY PHONE
SPECIFIC IMAGE, PLEASE CONTACT THE STAFF BY E-MAIL OR BY PHONE TO GIVE THEM PLENTY OF TIME TO
THE STAFF BY E-MAIL OR BY PHONE TO GIVE THEM PLENTY OF TIME TO SEARCH THEIR VAST HOLDINGS.
TO GIVE THEM PLENTY OF TIME TO SEARCH THEIR VAST HOLDINGS. AS WE HAVE SEEN, THE LAKE COUNTY
SEARCH THEIR VAST HOLDINGS. AS WE HAVE SEEN, THE LAKE COUNTY DISCOVERY CENTER INTRODUCES
AS WE HAVE SEEN, THE LAKE COUNTY DISCOVERY CENTER INTRODUCES VISITORS TO THE WORLD OF POST
DISCOVERY CENTER INTRODUCES VISITORS TO THE WORLD OF POST CARDS, BUT IT ALSO TAKES GUESTS
VISITORS TO THE WORLD OF POST CARDS, BUT IT ALSO TAKES GUESTS THROUGH THIS AREA'S HISTORY,
CARDS, BUT IT ALSO TAKES GUESTS THROUGH THIS AREA'S HISTORY, INTRODUCING THEM TO PEOPLE AND
THROUGH THIS AREA'S HISTORY, INTRODUCING THEM TO PEOPLE AND EVENTS THAT SHAPED THIS REGION.
INTRODUCING THEM TO PEOPLE AND EVENTS THAT SHAPED THIS REGION. OUTSIDE, THERE ARE 3,000 ACRES
EVENTS THAT SHAPED THIS REGION. OUTSIDE, THERE ARE 3,000 ACRES WITH PATHS AND TRAILS.
OUTSIDE, THERE ARE 3,000 ACRES WITH PATHS AND TRAILS. PLUS EACH YEAR THESE GROUNDS
WITH PATHS AND TRAILS. PLUS EACH YEAR THESE GROUNDS HOST THE STATES'S LARGEST CIVIL
PLUS EACH YEAR THESE GROUNDS HOST THE STATES'S LARGEST CIVIL WAR ENCAMPMENT.
HOST THE STATES'S LARGEST CIVIL WAR ENCAMPMENT. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE
WAR ENCAMPMENT. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE MUSEUM OR THE POST CARD
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