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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

peck unveiling
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.


Lombard Lilac Parade
May 17, 2009



Parade float shared by LHS, Lombard Garden Club, and the Maple Street Chapel.



A few of the pioneer riders

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.




Discussing ways to stop women from decorating hats with dead birds and plumage.



The players and script writers: Girl Scout Troop


LHS Director Jeanne Angel presents prizes to the bonnet contest winners.


The winners of the Spring Bonnet Contest.
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Maple Sugaring
March 15, 2009
Sheldon Peck Homestead


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!

A Victorian Christmas
December 6, 2008
Victorian Cottage


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
Helen Zabel

Drs. Charles and Richard Oleson
Father and son doctors: Drs. Charles and Richard Oleson

Harriet Peck
Harriet Peck

Christia Reade
Christia Reade (sculptor)

Louisa and Annie Klusmeyer
Louisa and Annie Klusmeyer

mr. hammerschmidt
William Hammerschmidt

docents
The docents

group
Spectators listen to a historical recreation

Dutch Oven Cookout
September 2008
Sheldon Peck Homestead

pot roast

Pot roast cooked in the dutch oven

View more photos and the delicious recipes

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Ellen Martin Day
April 6, 1891
(As recreated on April 6, 2008)

suffragists march
Lombard resident and attorney Ellen Martin (right, carrying a legal book) marches with other suffragists on the way to vote on April 6, 1891.
waiting to vote
The suffragists gather before entering Maple Street Chapel to cast their ballots.

ellen martin votes
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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