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1. 403 Center - Rosa West home Lawton Crosby home 403 East Center Avenue Demolished Rosa Agard West built this house at 403 E Center using the same type brick and stone lintels and foundation for her new house. On the third floor was a ballroom. Scratched long ago in the basement wall, by an employed "intellectual itinerant", is a note written in Greek: Twelve-inch oak beams are found in the house. Lawton Crosby had also lived here from 1914 until the house was demolished in the early 2000s.

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2. 403 Center Rosa West and Lawton Crosby home - Rosa West home Lawton Crosby home 403 East Center Avenue Demolished Rosa Agard West built this house at 403 E Center using the same type brick and stone lintels and foundation for her new house. On the third floor was a ballroom. Scratched long ago in the basement wall, by an employed "intellectual itinerant", is a note written in Greek: Twelve-inch oak beams are found in the house. Lawton Crosby had also lived here from 1914 until the house was demolished in the early 2000s.

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3. 403 E. Center Rosa West and Lawton Crosby home - Rosa West home Lawton Crosby home

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4. A video interview with Lawton Crosby - A video interview with long time Lake Bluff resident Lawton Crosby, interviewed by Gil Curren. Interviews were conducted and recorded and then eventually combined into three tapes called A Self Portrait. Lawton Crosby lived at 403 East Center

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5. Crosby Home - Black and white Wintertime photograph of the Crosby home, originally Rosa West's house built with the same brick as East School, located at Gurney and Center. 403 East Center Avenue

   The Crosby Home

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6. Lawton Crosby - A black and white photo of Lawton Crosby in a Naval uniform shaking hands with a man in uniform, possibly a Canadian Naval officer. Crosby far left. Lawton Crosby arrived in Lake Bluff at age two when his parents, John Bremer Crosby and Mattie Alene Johnson, moved the family into Rosa West's house on Center and Gurney in 1914. Rosa West was a vital figure to the establishment of East School, in fact, the house the Crosbys moved into was built with the same red brick, foundation, and stone lintels as East School. Lawton Crosby enjoyed his childhood in Lake Bluff, being apart of the "Silk Stocking Gang" playing in the ravines. He recalls the old lamplighter maintaining the gas street lamps, gravel roads, the fire"truck" which was really a wagon pulled by men, and Gypsies who passed through during the warm months. Lawton Crosby received his collegiate education at Northwestern University and worked at Abbott Labs after school. He was an incredibly smart man securing 27 patents, one of which is a type of spring still used in furniture today. He served the Navy for 39 years as Lt. Commander. In 1979, after putting in much time and effort, Lawton Crosby established the Lake Bluff Open Lands Association in order to protect the beautiful wetlands in the area. Lawton Crosby, a "living treasure", was known to the community as a caring, passionate, and respectful man, deserving him a local Lifetime Achievement award. In the 1995 Lake Bluff Parade, he was invited to be the Grand Marshall. Lawton Crosby lived at 403 East Center Avenue

   Lawton Crosby

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7. Lawton Crosby - A black and white photo of U.S.S. Brister in Casco Bay, Maine, one of the ships Lawton Crosby commanded during World War 2. Lawton Crosby arrived in Lake Bluff at age two when his parents, John Bremer Crosby and Mattie Alene Johnson, moved the family into Rosa West's house on Center and Gurney in 1914. Rosa West was a vital figure to the establishment of East School, in fact, the house the Crosbys moved into was built with the same red brick, foundation, and stone lintels as East School. Lawton Crosby enjoyed his childhood in Lake Bluff, being apart of the "Silk Stocking Gang" playing in the ravines. He recalls the old lamplighter maintaining the gas street lamps, gravel roads, the fire"truck" which was really a wagon pulled by men, and Gypsies who passed through during the warm months. Lawton Crosby received his collegiate education at Northwestern University and worked at Abbott Labs after school. He was an incredibly smart man securing 27 patents, one of which is a type of spring still used in furniture today. He served the Navy for 39 years as Lt. Commander. In 1979, after putting in much time and effort, Lawton Crosby established the Lake Bluff Open Lands Association in order to protect the beautiful wetlands in the area. Lawton Crosby, a "living treasure", was known to the community as a caring, passionate, and respectful man, deserving him a local Lifetime Achievement award. In the 1995 Lake Bluff Parade, he was invited to be the Grand Marshall. Lawton Crosby lived at 403 East Center Avenue

   Lawton Crosby USS Brister

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8. Lawton Crosby - A black and white photo of U.S.S. Brister in Casco Bay, Maine, one of the ships Lawton Crosby commanded during World War 2. Lawton Crosby arrived in Lake Bluff at age two when his parents, John Bremer Crosby and Mattie Alene Johnson, moved the family into Rosa West's house on Center and Gurney in 1914. Rosa West was a vital figure to the establishment of East School, in fact, the house the Crosbys moved into was built with the same red brick, foundation, and stone lintels as East School. Lawton Crosby enjoyed his childhood in Lake Bluff, being apart of the "Silk Stocking Gang" playing in the ravines. He recalls the old lamplighter maintaining the gas street lamps, gravel roads, the fire"truck" which was really a wagon pulled by men, and Gypsies who passed through during the warm months. Lawton Crosby received his collegiate education at Northwestern University and worked at Abbott Labs after school. He was an incredibly smart man securing 27 patents, one of which is a type of spring still used in furniture today. He served the Navy for 39 years as Lt. Commander. In 1979, after putting in much time and effort, Lawton Crosby established the Lake Bluff Open Lands Association in order to protect the beautiful wetlands in the area. Lawton Crosby, a "living treasure", was known to the community as a caring, passionate, and respectful man, deserving him a local Lifetime Achievement award. In the 1995 Lake Bluff Parade, he was invited to be the Grand Marshall. Lawton Crosby lived at 403 East Center Avenue

   Lawton Crosby - USS Brister

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9. Lawton Crosby - A group of twelve men in Naval dress white uniforms; Lawton Crosby is third from the left, front row. Lawton Crosby arrived in Lake Bluff at age two when his parents, John Bremer Crosby and Mattie Alene Johnson, moved the family into Rosa West's house on Center and Gurney in 1914. Rosa West was a vital figure to the establishment of East School, in fact, the house the Crosbys moved into was built with the same red brick, foundation, and stone lintels as East School. Lawton Crosby enjoyed his childhood in Lake Bluff, being apart of the "Silk Stocking Gang" playing in the ravines. He recalls the old lamplighter maintaining the gas street lamps, gravel roads, the fire"truck" which was really a wagon pulled by men, and Gypsies who passed through during the warm months. Lawton Crosby received his collegiate education at Northwestern University and worked at Abbott Labs after school. He was an incredibly smart man securing 27 patents, one of which is a type of spring still used in furniture today. He served the Navy for 39 years as Lt. Commander. In 1979, after putting in much time and effort, Lawton Crosby established the Lake Bluff Open Lands Association in order to protect the beautiful wetlands in the area. Lawton Crosby, a "living treasure", was known to the community as a caring, passionate, and respectful man, deserving him a local Lifetime Achievement award. In the 1995 Lake Bluff Parade, he was invited to be the Grand Marshall. Lawton Crosby lived at 403 East Center Avenue

   Lawton Crosby

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10. Lawton Crosby - Lawton Crosby arrived in Lake Bluff at age two when his parents, John Bremer Crosby and Mattie Alene Johnson, moved the family into Rosa West's house on Center and Gurney in 1914. Rosa West was a vital figure to the establishment of East School, in fact, the house the Crosbys moved into was built with the same red brick, foundation, and stone lintels as East School. Lawton Crosby enjoyed his childhood in Lake Bluff, being apart of the "Silk Stocking Gang" playing in the ravines. He recalls the old lamplighter maintaining the gas street lamps, gravel roads, the fire"truck" which was really a wagon pulled by men, and Gypsies who passed through during the warm months. Lawton Crosby received his collegiate education at Northwestern University and worked at Abbott Labs after school. He was an incredibly smart man securing 27 patents, one of which is a type of spring still used in furniture today. He served the Navy for 39 years as Lt. Commander. In 1979, after putting in much time and effort, Lawton Crosby established the Lake Bluff Open Lands Association in order to protect the beautiful wetlands in the area. Lawton Crosby, a "living treasure", was known to the community as a caring, passionate, and respectful man, deserving him a local Lifetime Achievement award. In the 1995 Lake Bluff Parade, he was invited to be the Grand Marshall. Lawton Crosby lived at 403 East Center Avenue Lake Bluff Open Lands newsletter honoring Lawton Crosby. Print out of Lawton Crosby's obituary from a 2000 Lake Forester. Copy of a December 1914 Lake Bluff Chat announcing the birth of a Boy to Mr. and Mrs J. B. Crosby in the section "This and That." Copy of a May 1914 newspaper announcing Mr. and Mrs J. B. Crosby moving into Rosa West's house. Copy of a 1948 Chicago Daily Tribune article announcing Lawton Crosby's divorce and settlement. Brief single page biography on John B. Crosby, mentioning his son Lawton. "Suggested List for Basis of 'Cardinal' Kitchen Needs" - A plan and list Lawton's sister, Alice, created for the establishment of The Cardinal in 1925. Essay written by Hildegard Crosby in 1938 about "the document as art." Interview transcription with Hildegard explaining her Lake Bluff days from her childhood to WW 2. (pages "8 - 15") Unused stationary with the official Crosby - Chicago Advertising heading. Two copies of declassified documents on a ship Lawton commanded - The U.S.S Brister. 4 grantor and grantee documents. Collection of newspaper clippings scanned onto a single sheet of paper regarding Mayor of Chicago, "Big Bill" Thompson's, sailing yacht made out of tide-water cyprus, lumber in which John Crosby advertised. A letter to Kathy O'Hara from Cathy Spencer regarding Crosby's lost writing on the four trail trees that led to the ravine. Two obituaries for Crosby, one from the Lake Forester, the other an excerpt from the 2001 Fourth of July Program book.

    Lawton Crosby

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11. Lawton Crosby - Two commendations from the United States Navy dated 1944 and 1946. The first commendation was for meritorious and heroic achievement as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. Brister in rescuing a member of the crew of his ship during the night of November 5, 1944. Crosby jumped overboard and rescued a non-swimmer who had fallen overboard. The second commendation was for service as a Commanding Officer of a United States Navy Warship engaged in escort of convoy operations in the Atlantic during the Second World War. A Certificated of Satisfactory Service in the Navy during World War Two, dated December 26, 1945. A Certificate of Retirement from the U.S. Naval Reserve dated 1972. Crosby served in the Reserve all through WW II until his retirement. Lawton Crosby received his collegiate education at Northwestern University and worked at Abbott Labs after school. He was an incredibly smart man securing 27 patents, one of which is a type of spring still used in furniture today. He served the Navy for 39 years as Lt. Commander. In 1979, after putting in much time and effort, Lawton Crosby established the Lake Bluff Open Lands Association in order to protect the beautiful wetlands in the area. Lawton Crosby, a "living treasure", was known to the community as a caring, passionate, and respectful man, deserving him a local Lifetime Achievement award. In the 1995 Lake Bluff Parade, he was invited to be the Grand Marshall. Lawton Crosby lived at 403 East Center Avenue Lawton Crosby arrived in Lake Bluff at age two when his parents, John Bremer Crosby and Mattie Alene Johnson, moved the family into Rosa West's house on Center and Gurney in 1914. Rosa West was a vital figure to the establishment of East School, in fact, the house the Crosbys moved into was built with the same red brick, foundation, and stone lintels as East School. Lawton Crosby enjoyed his childhood in Lake Bluff, being apart of the "Silk Stocking Gang" playing in the ravines. He recalls the old lamplighter maintaining the gas street lamps, gravel roads, the fire"truck" which was really a wagon pulled by men, and Gypsies who passed through during the warm months.

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