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Tuesday, March 30, 2021

The Dairy Queen: Grace Garrett Durand

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Grace Garrett Durand with her cows. Crab Tree Farm, circa 1910. lflb.passitdown.com Grace Garrett Durand (1867-1948), founder of Crab Tree F...
Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Private Henry McIntosh, 102nd U.S. Colored Troops

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Battle flag of the 102nd U.S. Colored Troops (1st Michigan), presented to the regiment by the Colored Ladies Aid Society on January 5, 1864....
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Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Women's Army Corps at Fort Sheridan

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Women's Army Corps member at Fort Sheridan, circa 1943.  Fort Sheridan Collection, Dunn Museum 92.24.1112 In September 1939, Americans w...
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Thursday, September 3, 2020

Flowers for Hull House

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Guest post by Steve Ferrigan, Collections Digitizer for the Dunn Museum When the Dunn Museum staff were told to shelter in place back in Mar...
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Monday, June 1, 2020

Sinking into the Grave: the 19th Century's Tuberculosis Epidemic

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A French illustration of a young consumptive from  Le Journal IllustrĂ© , No. 34, October 2-9, 1864. Library of Congress. In the 19th c...
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