While cataloguing a portion of the glass negatives in the museum's collection, I came across a view of the People's Drug Store in Wa...

Large letter postcard by the Curt Teich Co. Chicago, 1950. OCH185.  This year (2011) marks the centennial of the establishment of Naval Stat...

The story of the Benwell crazy quilt, in the collections of the Bess Bower Dunn Museum of Lake County, is one of a pioneering family and the...

George E. Smith, Jr. (1842-1915), was born in Antioch in 1842 to parents, George and Mercy. The Smiths were natives of Salem, Massachusetts...

Nothing says summer and Fourth of July better than the colors red, white and blue. The museum has in its collection a pair of dresses made...

I'm a big fan of professional cycling and am gearing up (get it?) for the 98th Tour de France (July 2 - 24). In the spirit of cycling ...

Immaculate Conception Church in Waukegan is one of the oldest parishes in northern Illinois. The church was founded by Irish immigrants to L...