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1. Sepia photograph of Don McCammon in his World War 2 uniform. Don McCammon was a World War 2 veteran from Lake Bluff. He served from 1941 to February 1946. "After six months of in combat anti-aircraft battalion in New Guinea, he was chosen, because of his previous United Press International service, to be executive editor of the newly formed Psychological Warfare Branch in Gen. Douglas McArthur's headquarters". Pioneer Press McCammon lived at 32 East Washington Avenue McCammon's file in the Museum contains many Pioneer Press articles written by him about his experiences during the war and local interest.

   Don McCammon

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2. World War ll Letters from servicemen to American Legion Post 510 thanking them for Christmas gifts. Pages Three and four of the Notebook of Letters Gold Star men. Lieut. Commander David T. Smithson

   Lieut. Commander David T. Smithson pg. 3

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3. A black and white photo of Tom and Virginia Shaw - A black and white photo of Tom and Virginia Shaw. tom is wearing a World War 2 uniform. The Shaws lived at 548 East Scranton Avenue, and 600 Sunrise Avenue. Virginia grew up with her parents Ruth and Harold Ermeling at 223 East Witchwood Lane

   A black and white photo of Tom and Virginia Shaw

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4. American Legion Servicemen of World War II - A video featuring American Legion servicemen of World War II

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5. Contents of Don McCammon officer's wallet - War Department issued wallet to hold an Officer's identification papers. Found in this wallet: PWB (Psychological Warfare Branch) Official Pass issued to Captain Donald McCammon. Among the items found was a Dr.'s prescription. Don McCammon was a World War 2 veteran from Lake Bluff. He served from 1941 to February 1946. "After six months of in combat anti-aircraft battalion in New Guinea, he was chosen, because of his previous United Press International service, to be executive editor of the newly formed Psychological Warfare Branch in Gen. Douglas McArthur's headquarters". Pioneer Press McCammon lived at 32 East Washington Avenue McCammon's file in the Museum contains many Pioneer Press articles written by him about his experiences during the war and local interest.

   Don McCammon officer's wallet

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6. Don McCammon - Black and white photo, with a brownish tint, of Don McCammon in his World War 2 uniform with a pipe in his right hand. Don McCammon was a World War 2 veteran from Lake Bluff. He served from 1941 to February 1946. "After six months of in combat anti-aircraft battalion in New Guinea, he was chosen, because of his previous United Press International service, to be executive editor of the newly formed Psychological Warfare Branch in Gen. Douglas McArthur's headquarters". Pioneer Press McCammon lived at 32 E Washington Avenue McCammon's file in the Museum contains many Pioneer Press articles written by him about his experiences during the war and local interest.

   Don McCammon

   Record Type: Photo

   
7. Don McCammon - Offical documents and correspondence of Don McCammon duing and after WW 2, including citation awards. Don McCammon was a World War 2 veteran from Lake Bluff. He served from 1941 to February 1946. "After six months of in combat anti-aircraft battalion in New Guinea, he was chosen, because of his previous United Press International service, to be executive editor of the newly formed Psychological Warfare Branch in Gen. Douglas McArthur's headquarters". Pioneer Press McCammon lived at 32 East Washington Avenue McCammon's file in the Museum contains many Pioneer Press articles written by him about his experiences during the war and local interest.

   Don McCammon

   Record Type: Archive

   
8. George Bowen - A 1933 article about President Herbert Hoover appointing postmasters in Lake County. George Bowen's term as postmaster expired the previous December. A 1934 article about Commander George Bowen of American Legion post 515 (later 510) attending the Illinois State convention held in Peoria. A 1942 World War Two registration card for Bowen, who was 47 years old, worked at Abbott Laboratories and lived at 218 East Sheridan Place. Bowen had created American Legion films of Lake Bluff, Lake Forest, Waukegan, and New York in 1934 and took photos of the Beach in the mid 1940s, all are digital. Bowen was often referred to as Archie Bowen, using his middle name instead of George. Contents of what is on the 16 mm film reel he shot in 1934.

   George Bowen

   Record Type: Archive

   
9. 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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10. 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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11. 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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12. 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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13. 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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14. 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.

    Lawton Crosby_0001

    Record Type: Archive

    
15. Lynne Shaw's chritening day October, 1942 - A black and white photo of Lynne Shaw's chritening day October, 1942, with her parents, Tom and Virginia Shaw. Tom is wearing a World War 2 uniform. The Shaws lived at 548 East Scranton Avenue, and 600 Sunrise Avenue. Virginia grew up with her parents Ruth and Harold Ermeling at 223 East Witchwood Lane

    Lynne Shaw's chritening day October, 1942

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16. Mrs. Howard Lyn (Linn) Shore Acres - An envelope with a type address to Luise Friedrich Central Branch YMCA East Monroe Street Chicago, IL. This is crossed out and hand addressed to Mrs. Howard Lyn (Linn) Shore Acres Lake Bluff Illinois. Postmarked Frankfurt Germany stamps are of the Third Reich September 17, 1941 The return address Wilhelm Friedrich Berlin

    Mrs. Howard Lyn (Linn) Shore Acres

    Record Type: Archive

    
17. One of the Shaw girls playing outside at 223 East Witchwood Avenue - A black and white photo of one of the Shaw girls playing outside at 223 East Witchwood Avenue. The Shaws lived at 548 East Scranton Avenue, and 600 Sunrise Avenue. Virginia grew up with her parents Ruth and Harold Ermeling at 223 East Witchwood Lane

    one of the Shaw girls playing outside at 128 East Witchwood Avenue

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18. World War 2 banner

    A banner commemorating Wold War 2

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