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1. Advertisement for Prepardness Parade - Advertisement for Prepardness Parade - happened at Fort Sheridan Letter on the back of advertisement from the Village of Lake Bluff to J. A. Daniels enclosing $110 for services as Commissioner to Spread Assessment #24 Truesdale Ave Street Improvement

   Doc 2772

   Record Type: Archive

   
2. An audio tape interview with Tom Grant - In 1983 Catherine Shively interviewed several longtime Lake Bluff residents using an audio tape recorder. This interview is with Tom Grant, part owner of local real estate company Griffith, Grant and Lackie.

   Record Type: Archive

   
3. The Fort Sheridan's Officers' Training Camps - Fort Sheridan Association

   1920

   Record Type: Library

   
4. The Lake Forester - The Lake Forester - The Lake Bluff post of the American Legion is preparing an Independence Day celebration, with a baseball game between Lake Bluff and Lake Forest. Mrs. John McCormick was involved in a car accident when her car landed in a ditch on Sheridan Road near Fort Sheridan. She received medical attention at the Fort hospital. Mrs. Harry McIntosh of 1130 North Sheridan Road, Lake Forest, is opening her gardens for the benefit of the Lake Bluff Orphanage. GIVES BUILDING TO ARDEN SHORE CAMP - Mrs, James Douglas of Lake Forest (Lake Bluff?) gives the gift of a building for nature study at Arden Shore. Mentions Miss Norma Watrous visiting her father in Lake Buff at the Manor house.

   The Lake Forester

   Record Type: Archive

   
5. To Arms - Charles Hitchcock - A black and white photo from the film To Arms, showing a group of men and woman, a few on horseback in front of the water tower and army barracks at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. The film was produced by Charles Hitchcock. When the era of silent film began in Chicago prior to World War I in 1914, Hitchcock became a contract player of Essanay Studios, working alongside Charlie Chaplin, Gloria Swanson, Wallace Berry and Charles X Bushman. While these actors went on to become Hollywood movie stars, whatever star Hitchcock may have been working toward fizzled. He became a night police deputy in Lake Bluff, where he is notoriously remembered for his connection to Elfrieda Knaak, a 29-year-old encyclopedia saleswoman from Deerfield who in 1928 was found badly burned in the furnace room of Lake Bluff Village Hall. She died several days later.

   To Arms

   Record Type: Photo

   
6. To Arms - Charles Hitchcock - A black and white photo from the film To Arms, showing a woman and an army officer at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. The film was produced by Charles Hitchcock. When the era of silent film began in Chicago prior to World War I in 1914, Hitchcock became a contract player of Essanay Studios, working alongside Charlie Chaplin, Gloria Swanson, Wallace Berry and Charles X Bushman. While these actors went on to become Hollywood movie stars, whatever star Hitchcock may have been working toward fizzled. He became a night police deputy in Lake Bluff, where he is notoriously remembered for his connection to Elfrieda Knaak, a 29-year-old encyclopedia saleswoman from Deerfield who in 1928 was found badly burned in the furnace room of Lake Bluff Village Hall. She died several days later.

   To Arms

   Record Type: Photo

   
7. To Arms - Charles Hitchcock - A black and white photo from the film To Arms, showing a woman and three army officers at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. The film was produced by Charles Hitchcock. When the era of silent film began in Chicago prior to World War I in 1914, Hitchcock became a contract player of Essanay Studios, working alongside Charlie Chaplin, Gloria Swanson, Wallace Berry and Charles X Bushman. While these actors went on to become Hollywood movie stars, whatever star Hitchcock may have been working toward fizzled. He became a night police deputy in Lake Bluff, where he is notoriously remembered for his connection to Elfrieda Knaak, a 29-year-old encyclopedia saleswoman from Deerfield who in 1928 was found badly burned in the furnace room of Lake Bluff Village Hall. She died several days later.

   To Arms

   Record Type: Photo

   
8. To Arms - Charles Hitchcock - A black and white photo from the film To Arms, showing two women with flowers, at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. The film was produced by Charles Hitchcock. When the era of silent film began in Chicago prior to World War I in 1914, Hitchcock became a contract player of Essanay Studios, working alongside Charlie Chaplin, Gloria Swanson, Wallace Berry and Charles X Bushman. While these actors went on to become Hollywood movie stars, whatever star Hitchcock may have been working toward fizzled. He became a night police deputy in Lake Bluff, where he is notoriously remembered for his connection to Elfrieda Knaak, a 29-year-old encyclopedia saleswoman from Deerfield who in 1928 was found badly burned in the furnace room of Lake Bluff Village Hall. She died several days later.

   To Arms

   Record Type: Photo