A Victorian Bride, A Look at Bridal Traditions

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

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Victorian Bride and Our Family Exhibits Open February 13 (Jan 26, 2005)

Mark your calendar now for the Feb. 13 opening of the Victorian Bride exhibit at the Glencoe Historical Society’s Eklund Center, 377 Park Ave., 2-4 p.m. This new exhibit features an 1894 wedding dress together with Victorian accessories and furniture. Want to know why we have flower bouquets or staggered levels on a wedding cake? This exhibit answers those questions as well as displays the beautiful bride. For this occasion, refreshments will be served.

The society also is featuring the Our Family exhibit. The first of what will be rotating examples of pictures, artifacts and stories about Glencoe families features the Kurschners, who lived in the Village from the late 1880s until the 1960s.

The Kurschners came to Glencoe from Germany via Chicago. The children attended Glencoe Grammar School, the only school in Glencoe at the time. After a devastating fire that destroyed their home, a gracious neighbor gave them a new place to live, a home that had formerly been a Glencoe school! Pictures of school classes, the original settlers, and the Blue Line Taxi, founded by Emil Kurschner, explain the story.

We are collecting histories from other families, too. If you came in the 1800s or the 1980s, the 1920s or 2004, we would like your story. Come on in and fill out a form.

As always, the Center’s other exhibits are also be on display:

  • The year-long 1940s, Years of Transitions;
  • Glencoe’s Business District; and
  • Eklund Family Workshop.

The Glencoe Historical Society’s Eklund Center is open every 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month and by appointment. Call 847.835.0040 and leave a message on the machine if you would like to schedule an appointment. Information can be found at www.glencoehistoricalsociety.org