Sunday afternoons at the Eklund Center: Fun, Fashion, Forties, Family

Posted on Mar 1, 2005 in categories Exhibits, Press Releases

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During March, the Eklund History Center will be open the second and third of the month and closed on the fourth Sunday in observance of Easter. The History Center is open from 2-4 p.m. each of the Sundays and will resume its regular schedule of opening on the 2nd and 4th Sunday in April.

The Glencoe Historical Society offers a variety of exhibits for Sunday afternoon viewing, ranging in time from the Victorian era to the present. Join us to visit the following special exhibits:

1940s, Years of Transitions
A full scale visit to the home front of the 1940s, with displays of a kitchen and living room of the era, plus artifacts including newspapers, books, and sewing supplies. Some familiar items were popular in the ‘40s: Dick and Jane books, Spam, Jell-O and Lionel trains. Other, not-so-familiar items also are on display including draft board classification notices, posters on saving newspapers and not using meat, and a typewriter from the era.
Victorian Bride
A dress, designed of champagne embroidered silk, donated to the society by the late Marian Newhall. A display illustrates wedding traditions from why the wedding cake is tiered to why all wedding dresses are not white. A Victorian room surrounds the bride, with calling cards sitting on a table on a silver salver just as they would have been in a Glencoe parlor more than 100 years ago.
Our Family
Families with stories to tell are featured in one of the society’s newest exhibits. This display highlights one family, the Kurschners, who lived in Glencoe from the 1880s to the 1960s and talks about where they lived, where they went to school—Glencoe Grammar Schools, as Central School was called then—and how they worked. Over the coming months, we will be collecting and displaying photos and oral histories from other families. If you would like to contribute, bring your pictures in and tells us your story. Your family may be featured next! Photos can be duplicated and originals returned to the owners.

Ongoing exhibits also on display include:

  • What’s in Our Name an exhibit about Glencoe, Scotland and its relation to Glencoe, IL;
  • Glencoe’s Business District about the downtown area through the 1920s; and
  • Eklund Family Workshop.

Join us for one of the next two Sundays or call for an appointment for a personal visit, 847.835.0040.