Related Records

1. 2014 Highlights - 2014 museum accomplishments and highlights.

   2014 Highlights

   Record Type: Archive

   
2. Artists on the Bluff Mural - A video featuring Artists on the Bluff and the Train Station Mural Project, hosted by Pat Falligant

   Record Type: Photo

   
3. A Summer Resort - This newsletter provides information about Lake Bluff's days as a popular summer resort and the beach's progression to what it looks like in modern times.

   A summer resort

   Record Type: Archive

   
4. Bank mural tells history of Lake Bluff - A Pioneer Press article on Howard Moran's hand painted wood mural depicting Lake Bluff village.

   Bank mural tells history of Lake Bluff

   Record Type: Archive

   
5. Cruising Through The Years - Promotion of the annual Auto Show including facts of the communities early acquisition of automobiles. Description of the 2015 Arts Festival.

   Crusing through the years

   Record Type: Archive

   
6. East School Mural - Color photo of the mural painted for the East School chimney by Marguerite Kreutzberg in 1926. The mural depicts Father Marquette and Louis Joliet exploring this area for France in the 1600s.

   East School Mural

   Record Type: Photo

   
7. East School Mural - Color photo of the mural painted for the East School chimney by Marguerite Kreutzberg in 1926. The mural depicts Father Marquette and Louis Joliet exploring this area for France in the 1600s.

   East School Mural

   Record Type: Photo

   
8. East School Mural Quote - Color photograph of the quote beneath the East School Mural painted by Marguerite Kreutzberg. Believed to be describing the land around Lake Bluff, this quote comes from one of Father Marquette's "Relations" entries, a form of documentation for missionaries in his era.

   East School Mural Quote

   Record Type: Photo

   
9. Howard Moran painting his mural - A 3.5" x 3.5" photograph of Howard Moran painting his mural, 1977.

   Howard Moran

   Record Type: Photo

   
10. Lake Bluff History Museum Raising Funds to Restore Mural - Newspaper article clipped from the Lake Forest Leader about raising funds for the East School mural painted by Marguerite Kreutzberg in 1926.

    Lake Bluff History Museum Raising Funds to Restore Mural

    Record Type: Archive

    
11. Letter from John Kreutzberg to Museum - Letter from John Kreutzberg to Cathy McKechney and Kathy O'Hara regarding the restoration of the Marguerite Kreutzberg's mural painted in East School. John also donates $1000 for the restoration.

    Letter from John Kreutzberg to Museum

    Record Type: Archive

    
12. Mark McMahon's CROYA Mural - A three part video featuring local artist Mark McMahon and the creation of the CROYA mural that he drew, with assistance from local youths.

    Record Type: Photo

    
13. Mark McMahon's CROYA Mural - A three part video featuring local artist Mark McMahon and the creation of the CROYA mural that he drew, with assistance from local youths.

    Record Type: Photo

    
14. Obituary for Marguerite Kreutzberg - Obituary for Marguerite Kreutzberg from a Tucson newspaper. Marguerite was born in Elgin, IL, and studied art both in Paris and Los Angeles. In 1926, while still living in the Chicago area, she painted a mural of Marquette and Joliet that hung over the fireplace in Lake Bluff's East School auditorium for many years. Letter to "Mary," possibly from Elmer Vliet, thanking her for sending news of Kreutzberg's death, and talking about 1973 being the 300 year anniversary of Marquette and Joliet's expedition.

    Obituary for Marguerite Kreutzberg

    Record Type: Archive