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Past Event Photos
Lilac Parade | Bird Play | Maple Sugaring | Victorian Christmas
Cemetery Walk | Dutch Oven Cookout| Ellen Martin Day
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Sheldon Peck Paintings Unveiled
June 7, 2009
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Patricia Poskocil (left), Margot Fruehe,
Jeanne Angel, and Rita Schneider respond to audience inquiries. |
Volunteer Patricia Poskocil (left) discusses portrait painting with Sheldon Peck's
great-great granddaughter Cindy
and great-great grandson Ron.
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Lombard Lilac Parade
May 17, 2009
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Parade float shared by LHS, Lombard Garden Club, and the Maple Street Chapel. |
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A few of the pioneer riders
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She's Wearing a Dead Bird on her Head
April 26, 2009
St. John's Girl Scout Troop 449 presented a play about the creation of the Audubon Society.
The LHS also had a Spring Bonnet Contest which was co-sponsored by
Lombard business Potted Petals.
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Discussing ways to stop women from decorating hats with dead birds and plumage. |
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The players and script writers: Girl Scout Troop
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LHS Director Jeanne Angel presents prizes to the bonnet contest winners.
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The winners of the Spring Bonnet Contest.
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Maple Sugaring
March 15, 2009
Sheldon Peck Homestead
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Step 1: Gather the sap from the sugar maple tree |
Step 2: Boil the sap. It takes 2 gallons of sap to make 1 cup of maple syrup! |
Cooking flapjacks on the lid of the dutch oven. Add maple syrup for the breakfast of champions!
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A Victorian Christmas
December 6, 2008
Victorian Cottage
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Flute players welcome Christmas Eve visitors
to the parlor |
Father Christmas visits with apples and oranges
in the kitchen |
Grandfather talks about past Christmases in the dining room
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Historic Cemetery Walk
October 19, 2008
Lombard Cemetery |
Helen Zabel
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Father and son doctors: Drs. Charles and Richard Oleson
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Harriet Peck |
Christia Reade (sculptor)
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Louisa and Annie Klusmeyer
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William Hammerschmidt |
The docents
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Spectators listen to a historical recreation |
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Dutch Oven Cookout
September 2008
Sheldon Peck Homestead
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Ellen Martin Day
April 6, 1891
(As recreated on April 6, 2008) |
Lombard resident and attorney Ellen Martin (right, carrying a legal book) marches with other suffragists on the way to vote on April 6, 1891. |
The suffragists gather before entering Maple Street Chapel to cast their ballots. |
Ellen Martin (portrayed by May Anstee) casts her historic ballot at the Maple Street Chapel before three polling judges (played by Ken Bohl, Marlyn Meyer, and Rich Mauer).
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