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Showing posts with label Franklin MacVeagh. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Franklin MacVeagh. Show all posts
Monday, July 6, 2015

Mrs. Pullman in Washington, D.C.

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In last week’s article, we noted an excerpt from the June 28, 1915 Chicago Tribune about Mrs. George Pullman departing Chicago to spen...
Monday, June 8, 2015

Queer, Quaint, and . . . Dutch??

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The construction of the Glessners’ house on Prairie Avenue received considerable attention in the Chicago newspapers.  Without a doubt, cer...
Wednesday, December 5, 2012

The Glessners dedicate their new home - December 4, 1887

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On December 4, 18 87 , three days after moving into her new home at 1800 South Prairie Avenue, Frances Glessner made the following entr...
Monday, March 28, 2011

Richardson's other Chicago house

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The museum staff is busy preparing a new permanent exhibit on the life and work of Henry Hobson Richardson, architect of Glessner house.   T...
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