Map Exhibit Open At Historical Society Sunday, April 13
Posted on Apr 15, 2003 in categories Exhibits, Press Releases
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Children Can Create Own Map of Glencoe
GLENCOE—Maps tell a great deal about how we live – where our homes are located, how the streets are laid out, where the landmarks are and where the trains that travel through Glencoe come from or go next. The Glencoe Historical Society has its Sunday open house from 2–4 p.m. this weekend (April 13th) and invites everyone to come and see how maps tell the story of the village.
From Indian village location maps to geographic information systems – computer generated—maps that have addresses for each parcel, the story of Glencoe is revealed in the collection of dozens of maps—with the exception of the Indian location maps, most are originals, not reproductions. Featured maps include an 1875 hand-drawn and hand-colored atlas showing the “U.S. Roadway—to Green Bay,” forerunner of the modern Green Bay Road, a large advertisement selling lots along the presidential streets from Ira Brown, a Realtor and “honest man;” and railroad maps of the current Metra line when it was the Chicago and North Western as well as the North Shore electric line. Plates from which maps were made, atlases and even a game of Glencoe/Monopoly are all displayed.
Other continuing exhibits are on Glencoe’s early business district, the Eklund family upholstery and furniture making workshop and Glencoe’s early farming community.
Children who come to the map exhibit will be able to color their own map of Glencoe. While churches and landmarks are ready for illustration, children can insert their own homes and the routes they use to get to school and back.
Sunday, 2-4 p.m., Glencoe Historical Society, 377 Park Avenue For information: 847.835.0040