Related Records

1. 370 Hirst Court - An Architectural and Historic Survey of the Southeast portion of Lake Bluff was completed in 2003. 370 Hirst Court. Also shown are two images of the play house at 370 Hirst Court, and a history of ownership for the property. The house was built c. 1900.

   370 Hirst Court

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2. An Ad for Warren Miller and Company - A reproduced advertisement from the Lake Bluff Chat Circa 1910, for Warren Miller and Company showing a drawing of a coffee grinder with the ad reading : The "Daily Grind" is a daily pleasure here. According to Elmer Vliet's book, Lake Bluff The First 100 Years, the "Miller Brothers took over the grocery [store] from Merchant and later added a gas pump along the curb ... ." Merchant is J. C. Merchant who erected the "Merchant Block" a building located on the corner of East Scranton Avenue and East Center Avenue, and burned in 1917. The current location of Inovasi Restaurant.

   An Ad for Warren Miller and Company

   Record Type: Archive

   
3. A receipt from Warren Miller and Company, May 4, 1908 - A receipt from Warren Miller and Company, May 4, 1908. In addition to Fancy Groceries and Meats, the store also sold flour, feed, baled hay and straw. According to Elmer Vliet's book, Lake Bluff The First 100 Years, the "Miller Brothers took over the grocery [store] from Merchant and later added a gas pump along the curb ... ." Merchant is J. C. Merchant who erected the "Merchant Block" a building located on the corner of East Scranton Avenue and East Center Avenue, and burned in 1917. The current location of Inovasi Restaurant.

   A receipt from Warren Miller and Company, May 4, 1908

   Record Type: Archive

   
4. A receipt from Warren Miller and Company, September 3, 1910. - A receipt from Warren Miller and Company, September 3, 1910. In addition to Fancy Groceries and Meats, the store also sold flour, feed, baled hay and straw. According to Elmer Vliet's book, Lake Bluff The First 100 Years, the "Miller Brothers took over the grocery [store] from Merchant and later added a gas pump along the curb ... ." Merchant is J. C. Merchant who erected the "Merchant Block" a building located on the corner of East Scranton Avenue and East Center Avenue, and burned in 1917. The current location of Inovasi Restaurant.

   A receipt from Warren Miller and Company, September 3, 1910.

   Record Type: Archive

   
5. Early Lake Bluff by Emily Miller - The first page is a note from Elmer Vliet to Don [Spooner] ? regarding Emily Millers write-up of old Lake Bluff. In this note, Vliet also mentions Bob Davis, who at one time owned Tangley Oaks, the home of the Armours, in which Bob tells Elmer that he has a land survey of Tangley Oaks made in 1916 "that shows a log cabin about 50 feet north of the present entrance gate to Tangley Oaks. Vliet speculates that this "may have been the original Cloes cabin that Emily mentions". The remaining is a six page report by Lake Bluff resident Emily Miller, in which she describes the Cloes family, Camp Meeting days and up to the mid 1960s.

   Letter from Elmer Vliet to Don [Spooner] ?

   Record Type: Archive

   
6. Lake Forest News - Lake Forest News - PURCHASE OF SCHOOL PROPERTY APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL. The land was purchased from Mrs. Fred Hayner and will be used for future growth of the Lake Forest high school system. The property is located on Sheridan Road near Spruce Avenue

   Lake Forest News

   Record Type: Archive

   
7. Merchant Block Lake Bluff - Black & white photograph of southeast corner of Center and Scranton. Warren Miller Grocery and Drug store. The Witherstine house across the street is the one that was eventually moved to 126 Center Ave.

   Merchant Block Lake Bluff

   Record Type: Photo

   
8. Warren "Tiny" Miller - Warren "Tiny" Miller's obituary, scanned and printed from the December 12, 1946 Chicago Daily Tribune. Advertisement for Warren Miller & Company, local grocery store. Clipped from the Lake Bluff Chat. 6 pages of xeroxed photos. Including photos of Tiny in front of his store, 666 Maple Avenue, in the Village Hall (Tiny was on the Village Board of Trustees), and with his family.

   Warren "Tiny" Miller

   Record Type: Archive