EHS appreciates the contributions made to date of money and items of historic value.
Thanks to--
- Agnes Ranceen
- 39 photos of the Robert Bailey family and their home at 6327 N. Kenmore
- Allen Stryczek
- Loan of Edgewater Golf Club members book - 10 year anniversary
- Loan of Edgewater Golf Club members book - 10 year anniversary
- Alyce M. Hanson
- Photos of Bryn Mawr before changes
- Booklet on history of Edgewater Beach Apts
- Amie Hanson
- Antique dress
- Andy Pierce
- Terra cotta Fragments from a building at Argyle and Broadway
- Ann Bayse
- Andersonville banner
- Anonymous
- Two antique chairs
- Art and Martha Kubin
- Enlarged copy of a postcard of the Broadway Armory Ice Skating Rink (color drawing) 1919
- ASCO
- Booklet published to show the Lincoln Park Plan
- Barbara Duslak
- Postcard of the Lone Ranger and Tonto
- Barbara Tricou
- Photos of Everhard Coal 5617 N.Broadway circa 1940
- Bernice Bowen
- Edgewater Beach Hotel pen
- Photocopies of ads from some of Summerdale Community Church's anniversary books
- Beth Tarrant
- Photos of the interior of the new Anna Held shop
- Betty Jaci
- Photo collection of Thorndale (1900-1950)
- Photos of her family and home at what is now Lane Beach at Thorndale and Sheridan Road
- Bob Remer
- Photos of the Year of the Child Parade on Broadway, 1978
- Special contribution for the installation of photos at the Thorndale "L" station
- Carl Helbig
- Books on the Edgewater Beach Hotel
- Photo of his mother's 3rd and 4th grade class at the Rosehill School, 1894
- Charles Morris and Dan Thomas
- Trunk belonging to Dwight Vernet Johnson who lived at 5344 N. Lakewood
- Chuck Jones
- Loan of Edgewater Beach Hotel materials and clippings
- Cliff Grant
- 1890's photo of the Rascher family in front of their home on Paulina
- Curt Teich Postcard Archives
- Photo of the Edgewater Rink
- David Gruich
- Assorted magazines (1930's-60's) and matchbooks (1930's) as period resorces
- Kodak Brownie, Spectator Flash, & Kodak 35 cameras
- Old-time binoculars and a 3-D viewer
- David Marshall
- Photocopy of postcard of home at 5422 N. Winthrop, one of the stops on our last Then and Now Tour
- David Schein
- Various pictures and articles on Clayton Moore (loaned for copying)
- Delia Trent
- Loan of photo of kitchen help at the Edgewater Beach Hotel
- Dick Doyle
- Photos from the Ron Cernak collection of trolley photos
- Dick Doyle on behalf of Alderman Patrick O'Connor, Chief Bybee and Bill Bybee, Dan Galbraith and Brian Kelly
- Brass Fire Pole
- Dick Gengler
- Loan of photos of family members
- Dorothy E. Johnson
- Written recollections of her childhood on Clark Street
- Dorothy Julian
- Coaster from restaurant on Evanston Ave. (now named Broadway)
- Dorothy McManus
- Photos of early Edgewater on loan to be copied
- Elisabeth Wilcox-Szegho
- Edgewater and other political campaign buttons
- Elizabeth Jaci
- Photos of 5800 block of Kenmore and 5900 block of Sheridan
- Photos of 5800 block of Kenmore and 5900 block of Sheridan
- Elizabeth Mayian
- Photos of Edgewater lakefront
- Photo of St. Ita Interior
- Miscelaneous clippings on Edgewater women, Roula Alakiotou Borenstine and Kathy Osterman
- Elvira Davis/Elisabeth Szegho
- 33-1/3 rpm "5415 Edgewater Beach" promo record, narrated by Buddy Black of WEBH Radio
- Evanston Historical Society
- Aerial photos of the Edgewater shore-line in the 1970's
- Everett Stetson
- $50.00 cash donation
- 1994 news clippings
- Clippings on Edgewater news
- Hats and hat boxes on display at the Edgewater Library
- Photos taken on lakeshore
- Vintage furs and muff
- Yearbooks from Senn Academy
- Florence Force
- Booklet on the jade window at North Shore Baptist Church
- Clipping of the demolition of the old North Shore Baptist Church
- Recipes for our Edgewater cookbook
- Florence Hurter
- Cookbooks
- Edgewater Beach Hotel items
- Peirce School memorabilia
- Frances Posner
- Hand-printed books, 1305 - The Story of My Home and Thoughts and Poems, 1940-1991, by F. Posner
- Saving stamps from local grocery
- Mrs. Fred Joice
- Wooden cocktail swizzle stick from the Edgewater Beach Hotel
- Mrs. Frederike Mkrtschjan
- Copy of a photo of the house at 1619 West Balmoral
- G. Mark Harding (donated in memory of his father, George M. Harding)
- A set of black and white photos of the Edgewater Beach Hotel
- Booklet titled "This Week in Chicago" Aug. 5 - Aug. 11, 1923
- Business photo card - Charles H. Noyes
- Candy dish from the EBH
- China plate from the EBH
- Clipping file: articles on Walter Burley Griffin, Uptown Theater
- Edgewater political memorabilia
- Kathy Osterman campaign mug and matchbook
- Mary Ann Smith campaign items
- Matchbooks from Edgewater businesses
- Metal serving dish from the EBH
- Photos of development and rehab of building on Thorndale at Winthrop
- Postcard of Sands Motel (late 1950's)
- Postcards of the Edgewater Beach Hotel
- Relish dish, matchbook and swizzle sticks from the Edgewater Beach Hotel
- Salad Boat from the Edgewater Beach Hotel 1950's
- Senn Fortieth Reunion mug, 1952
- Souvenir Octoberfest mug from St. Gertrude's
- Tentative Report/Proposed Zoning Ordinance, Jan. 5, 1923
- Two buttons from the aldermanic campaign of Mike Radzilowsky
- Gee Gee Clemency
- Photos of EHS's 1992 home tour
- Gilbert Force
- Original cipping - view from Ridge/Devon looking east
- Gloria L. Evenson, Editor
- For the great photos of EHS's Ninth Annual Home Tour she shot and published in her Andersonville Together newsletter
- Gregg Mann
- $10 donation in memory of his friend, Keith Fuller of Edgewater, who recently passed away
- "Kathy Osterman" collection of newspaper clippings
- Misc. photos and photocopies of Kathy Osterman and Mary Ann Smith
- Photo of Broadway Armory prior to renovation
- Scrapbooks on the architecture of Church of the Atonement, Louis Sullivan, Church of the Assumption and Holy Name Cathedral
- Drawings of Edgewater landmarks
- Skyline photos of Edgewater
- Supplies for organizing Collections materials
- Enlarged photocopies of aerial views of Edgewater
- Kathy Osterman campaign sign
- 300 photos of Edgewater buildings and events
- Videotape of Church of the Atone- ment's centennial celebration
- Gunther Marx
- Framed poem written by jeweler Ernest Samuelson in 1946 about commercial changes on Bryn Mawr Avenue
- Mrs. Helen Kelliher
- Edgewater Beach Hotel salad book
- Henry J. Gahagan
- Video and audio tapes of interviews with Henry Gahagan
- Irma Ewert
- Loan of family photos of home at 1310 W. Bryn Mawer, 1965
- J. L. Benson
- EBH menu
- Jady Ayala
- Photos of the Edgewater Beach Hotel
- Jean Nell
- Three photos of the 5300 block of Magnolia, 1916 and 1929
- Jim Butzeline
- Edgewater postcards
- Jim Ternes
- Loan of photos for copying, lakefront views in large format including one of the Edgewater Beach Hotel
- Joan Hader/Uptown Bank
- Photo of William Crowley, former president of Uptown Bank
- Joan Kraeger Jones
- Photos from 1908-191515 of some Edgewater school sites
- John Toman
- Photocopies of ads from Edgewater businesses dating from 1900
- Kathy Gemperle
- Photo postcards of the Shelbourne Apartments
- Hand wrought horse shoes
- Photos of Edgewater celebrities: Charlie Chaplin, Carmen Miranda, Clayton Moore, Gloria Swanson
- Kathy Hills
- Greetings from Edgewater postcard
- Brochure for Edgewater Beach Apartments
- Keith Chase-Ziolek
- Edgewater Golf Club caddie badge
- Ken Brucks
- Book, Landmarks and Legends of Uptown, by Jacki Lyden and Chet Jakus
- Ken Powell
- Photo of American Warehousemen Association (AWA) dinner at the Edgewater Beach Hotel - 1941
- Two tickets to an AWA President's reception
- Larry Calhoun
- Edgewater Beach Hotel vase
- Larry Rodgers
- Clark Street Shopper, an Andersonville newspaper, April 21, 1932
- LeRoy Blommaert
- Reproduction photo of the Edgewater Stables at Catalpa by architect Lyman Silsbee
- Lolita Fennel
- Loaned photos of family-owned bar on Ridge and Clark (c. 1917)
- Loren I.
- Original deeds for a home on Norwood Avenue
- Loren Kringle
- Edgewater Beach Hotel postcard and soap
- Senn Forum books, 1916 and 1918
- Street index from 1905
- Louis Spritz
- Loan of photos of Bond Auto on Broadway in the 1950's
- Lungren Toreston/Ray Jones
- Loan of 1930 photo of an Andersonville vegetable market
- Margaret Smith
- Documents from the business of J. L. Marks
- Marge Britton
- Old newspapers dating from 1913 (that she found under her porch!)
- Marguerite Kapche
- 1918 Bible from the Edgewater Presbyterian Church
- Marie Morrissette
- Edgewater Coal Co. postcard
- Marion Lettner
- $25.00 in memory of husband, James Lettner
- Clippings
- Marilyn Hepburn Lind
- Photos of her family and place in West Andersonville
- Mark Harding
- 48th Ward campaign button collection
- A collection of materials from Mary Ann Smith's recent aldermanic campaign
- Matchbook: Rupneck's Nightclub on Thorndale, a club once owned by the Arnolds
- Matchbook: Seymour Weiss, a former 48th Ward Alderman
- Matchbooks from Edgewater businesses
- Martha Alpert
- 1905-07 letters and memorabilia found in Edgewater attic
- Martha Kraeger
- 1948 photo of the Sheridan and Foster intersection
- Edgewater Beach Hotel postcards
- Movie flyer from Ardmore Theater
- Rogers Park Women's Club Semi-Centenary Year Book, 1891-1941
- Martha Kubin
- 1950's Edgewater Beach Hotel booklet
- Marty Schmidt
- Photo of Devon Avenue gas station
- Photo of the Verdandy Club
- Photos from the Josephine Campbell collection
- Prints from the Book of the North Shore
- Various photos, including one of St. Gertrude's first graduating class, 1913
- Mary Clafford
- Two bibles from the 1880's, found in a home on Hood
- Mary Colfax
- Photos of Donna Crowley (wife of one of Uptown Bank's past presidents) as a model and later in her home on Kenmore
- Mary Cramer, B.V.M.
- Edgewater clippings
- Tapes for use by Oral History Committee
- Mary Victorn
- Recollections of growing up in Edgewater and Andersonville (1850-1920) from three relatives
- Melvin Bullard
- Photo of the Edgewater shoreline looking north, circa 1940's; thanks to Evangeline Mistaras
- Mervyn Ruskow
- Chicago History magazine with Edgewater Beach Hotel article
- Mike Podpolucki and Ken Nordine
- Photocopies of documents on the Podpolucki residence, built by Maher in 1901 as a coach house and later owned by Dr. Ziegler, a physician and eccentric inventor of a recycling-type furnace Staircase and setup for the game "Poolquet," invented by Dr. Ziegler
- Myrtle Spaulding
- Drawing of the entrance to the Manor House by Robert Spaulding
- Nancy and Joe Donnelly
- Clipping file on the Kraft family and other assorted topics
- Nancy Arnold and family
- 2 brandy glasses from the Millionaires Club (Broadway and Granville)
- Antique cast iron vase
- Dorothy Fischer scrapbook, 1929-1933
- Original telephone - Colvin Mansion
- Rome Arnold Company corporate stamp and cuff links
- Old Irving Park Historical Society
- Postcard photo of the Edgewater Post Office
- Polly Halliday
- Memorabilia from the Edgewater Beach Hotel and Senn High School
- Ray Jonas
- Edgewater Beach Hotel postcards
- Edgewater/Edgewater Beach postcards
- Ladies button hook for gloves from the Edgewater Beach Hotel
- Loan of Edgewater Beach Hotel orchestra postcard
- Photos of Bryn Mawr, Ridge, and Edgewater Ave.
- Set of silverware from the Edgewater Beach Hotel
- Rich Wohn (Fireside)
- Photo of Ravenswood looking south
- Richard Gengler
- Slides of the Lain Funeral Home that once stood at Clark and Catalpa
- Robert and Katie Remer
- Donation of the sign on the museum announcing the opening in 2002
- Robert Remer
- Book of old newsletters from the Edgewater Baptist Church
- Rogers Park/West Ridge Historical Society
- Photo of Granada Theater, circa 1920
- Photos of Devon Savings Bank formerly at Devon and Clark
- The Edgewater Beach Hotel Salad Book
- Rosemary Dewey
- Collection of Academy of the Sacred Heart historical materials
- Ruth Shatzel
- Painting of the Edgewater Beach Hotel, 1957, by John Babcock
- Sandra Remis/Gifford Investments
- Sidewell Studio Clear View Maps of Lakeview Township
- Sandra Remis
- Child's sled from the 1950's
- Videotape by David Gruich of the 1-5-97 Sneak Preview Party at the EHS Fire House
- Sandee Remis and Tom Dwyer
- "On the Air" replica microphone from the EHS 10th Anniversary event at the Edgewater Beach Apartments Marine Room
- Sarah Overton
- Menus and Wine list from the dining rooms of the Edgewater Beach Hotel
- Seymour Fleishman
- shelving units for the museum
- Sheli Lulkin, Exec. Dir., EECC
- For putting our copy of the 700-page Chicago Historic Resources Survey in a more useable 3-ring binder format
- East Edgewater Chamber of Commerce brochures, 1985, 1992, 1994
- East Edgewater Chamber of Commerce memorabilia
- Sheridan Road Hospital documents
- Sheridan Road Hospital memorabilia
- Steve Martin
- Documents found in his attic, on loan for photocopying
- Sue Davoust
- Bridge score pad with ad from Franzen Coal
- Bridge score sheet
- Edgewater Beach Hotel postcards and memorabilia
- Edgewater Hospital postcard
- Franzen Coal Co. 1932 Promotional
- Photos of antique CTA cars at the Granville station
- Suzanne Hoffman and Dale Smith
- For storing some of the furnishings we've acquired for the Fire House
- Swedish American Museum
- Copy of photo showing a trolley, taken on Clark Street in the 1920's
- Tee Galley
- For all her assistance with multiple paperwork requirements related to our museum project
- Thom Greene
- #2 print of Edgewater Beach Apts. from T. Greene limited edition
- Amvets photo albums
- Amvets Post 1950's photo album
- Box from The Edgewater Beach Hotel
- Tom Palmer
- A complete photo-history book of Riverview