Hat Exhibit Opens on Sunday, Dec. 14

Posted on Nov 20, 2003 in categories Exhibits, Press Releases

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GLENCOE—With a tip of our hat, the Glencoe Historical Society opens the door of the Eklund History Center for viewing of its Crowing Glory hat exhibit on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2–4 p.m. Crowing Glory is a look at the changing fashion of women’s and men’s toppers from the 19th through the 20th centuries, with artifacts ranging from bonnets of the late 1880s to picture hats and berets of the 1980s.

Curators Janice Gemp and Alice Glicksberg have created a wonderland of hats, hatboxes and information for the exhibit based on artifacts from the Historical Society’s collection. Ranging from pillboxes to snoods, derbies to top hats, the exhibit is open to the public on the second and fourth Sundays of the months through May from 2–4 p.m. or by appointment. Call 847.835.0040.

Visitors to the Eklund Center, 377 Park Ave., also can view the permanent exhibits in the museum: Early Glencoe, with the LaPier Inn sign from the stagecoach stop of Anson Taylor; an 1840s Kentucky percussion rifle, of the type used by the pioneers of the western frontier; an ox harness; Downtown Glencoe, with artifacts and pictures of Glencoe’s business district from first development in the 1880s through the 1920s; and the Eklund Furniture Design workshop.

Call the Historical Society for information, 847.835.0040.