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1. A card containing a letter from Herb and Marea Dangremond to Eleanor and Al Ackermann, Jr, mentioning seeing Kay Wentworth and learning about the death of her husband Daniel. The Wentworth's lived across the street from the Ackermanns at 711 East Prospect Avenue. On the cover of the card is a watercolor of the gazebo entitled "Lake Bluff Market Day" painted by Gene Sharp, 1989.

   Gazebo

   Record Type: Archive

   
2. 711 East Prospect Ave Wentworth's house - Color photo of the Wentworth house at 711 East Prospect Avenue with snow on the ground and icicles hanging from the roof of 710 East Prospect. Taken from 710 by Al Ackermann Jr., the photo also shows 713 East Prospect Avenue.

   711 East Prospect Ave Wentworth's house

   Record Type: Photo

   
3. Eleanor Ackermann - Eleanor Ackermann obituary. Ackermann was a Lake Bluff School librarian. Lived 34 years at 710 East Prospect Avenue. Was a control chemist at Abbott Laboratories. Worked at village school libraries in Lake Bluff and Highland Park.

   Eleanor Ackerman

   Record Type: Archive

   
4. Jungle Nook - Color photo of Jungle Nook, 710 East Prospect Avenue, taken by former owner Al Ackermann. He and his wife Eleanor lived at 710 from 1945 to 1979. Al worked for Abbott Labs for 42 years (1937-1979).

   Jungle Nook

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. Without a scratch - A photo and caption of a car accident: "the driver Clarence Allen Oberly, 18, lived at 319 Vincent Ct. The car broke thru the plank guard rail on the west side of the land-fill bridge (apparently going north) and overturned in the process, landing on the north brink of the ravine rather than down into the ravine..." Oberly was able to crawl out the car window and walk away! Donated by Jean Ackermann Schraudner See also photo 2789

   Without a scratch

   Record Type: Archive

   
6. Wooden Water Main Piping - Pieces of original wooden water main piping of early Lake Bluff (in Camp Ground days) found by Al and Eleanor Ackermann in a protected area under their front porch at 710 East Prospect Avenue. x 2 photos

   Photo 2050

   Record Type: Photo