![]() Randolph Street and housed a 1,300-seat theatre. One of the tallest buildings in Chicago at the time, it was considered a masterpiece of Adler & Sullivan and was the focus of an intense but ultimately unsuccessful preservation battle that culminated with its demolition in 1961. ![]() Several of those who came together to try and save the Garrick, united again a few years later to save Glessner house. The advertisement shows the former mansion of Marshall Field, Jr., located at 1919 S. Prairie Avenue, just a little over one block south of Glessner House. Originally constructed in 1883 for William Murray from designs by Solon S. Field only enjoyed the house for a few years before his untimely death in 1905. His widow and three children moved to England, and the house was sold to Dr. Milton Pine, who opened his Gatlin Institute for the treatment of drug and alcohol addiction in 1909. Chicago lacked a zoning ordinance prior to 1923, so the conversion of the residence into a treatment facility took place without issue. Its transformation was among the early signs that Prairie Avenue was going into decline. The program cover features artwork by Albert Hencke (1865-1936) regarded as one of the great American book illustrators at the turn of the century. It is an illustration he created for the satirical magazine Judge in 1913, and is an excellent example of the fashionable women he often depicted which influenced fashion trends of the era. The musical comedy “Experience” was playing at the Garrick that week, the work of prolific Canadian-American humorist George V. It is noted in the program that “Experience” had just finished a nine month run in New York and a four month run in Boston. The program contains a few other advertisements of interest. On the same page as the Gatlin Institute can be found ads for Hung Fong Lo Co. and Joy Yen Lo Co., both located in the original Chinatown centered around Clark and Van Buren. Lucile Ltd., a fashionable dressmaker of the era, was operating out of the former Franklin MacVeagh mansion at 1400 N. Lake Shore Drive (the only other house in Chicago designed by H. The Lexington Hotel at Michigan Avenue and 22nd Street advertised rooms with private bath for $10.00 per week and three room suites for $25.00 per week. The Chicago Theatre (precursor to the current theatre of the same name), located in the former American Music Hall at Wabash Avenue and Eighth Street, advertised the popular French-born stage actor Ralph Herz in the comedy “Ruggles of Red Gap” by Harrison Rhodes. The well-established “Motor Row” along South Michigan Avenue was represented with advertisements for the Chalmers Motor Co. at 23rd and Michigan, a Hudson dealership managed by Louis Geyler at 2500 S. Michigan Avenue, and a Scripps-Booth dealership managed by Harry Newman, also at 25th and Michigan.Ī name still remembered by many today is Colosimo’s, advertised as “The Finest Italian Restaurant in Chicago” with special table d’hote dinner service for 60 cents, or 75 cents with wine. The restaurant, located in the Harmon Hotel at 2128 S. Wabash Avenue in the former Levee district, was operated by “Big Jim” Colosimo (1877-1920), a street inspector, gambling boss, and operator of brothels who made his way in Chicago by befriending Michael “Hinky Dink” Kenna and John “Bathhouse” Coughlin. The restaurant became well known nationally and featured elaborate performances with showgirls and a talented orchestra that appeared on a new rising stage. It was at the restaurant that Colosimo met his end in a mob-style execution on May 12, 1920. holiday since 1914), we present a book from the Glessners’ library entitled The Mother’s Guide for the Care of Her Children. The book was originally published in the U.K. Andrew Combe as Treatise on the Physiological and Moral Management of Infancy. Our copy is the 1872 American edition, revised and edited by Sir James Clark.Īndrew Combe (1797-1847) was a Scottish physician, and a strong advocate of phrenology, which studied the shape and size of the cranium as a way to determine character and mental abilities. He established the Phrenological Journal in 1823 and four years later, was elected president of the Edinburgh Phrenological Society. In 1836, he was appointed physician to King Leopold I of Belgium, resigning the post soon after due to ill health. Two years later, he was appointed a physician to Queen Victoria. In 1840, he published his book on infancy, which he considered to be the best of all of his writings. It was in its sixth edition by the time of his death in 1847.
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