212 West Main Street | Barrington, Illinois 60010
847-381-1730
BARRINGTON
HISTORY MUSEUM
Please Join us on Saturday, September 21, 2019 for
"Marshall Field and the Story of Chicago"
Museum Center
1:00 P.M.
Members: $5.00
Non-Members: $10.00
Though it's located in the heart of downtown, this condo feels a world apart from the bustle of the city. With three bedrooms, it's great for a family.
The Barrington History Museum's Mission – keeping history alive through preservation, education, and exhibits. This includes the collection, preservation, documentation and exhibit of Barrington history and to provide specialized education programs from pre-school through adult.
Local Artists Lily & Carl Tolpo
Renown Lincoln Artist Lily and Carl Tolpo and Barrington residents personnal paintings, notes, photos and memories – A Family of Art.
Exhibits
Welcome to the Barrington History Museum
Ingredients: a muddy, scrappy, western town. Add Potter Palmer,Mayor W. Ogden, Cyrus McCormick, George Pullman, John G. Shedd, Daniel Burnham, and Medill of the
Tribune.
Stir in wheat, corn, cattle, hogs, railroads, immigrants and Paris fashions. Heavily sauce with copious amounts of money. Burn to a crisp. Remix.
And who was at the center of it all? Marshall Field.
RJ Lindsey portrays Marshall Field narrating the story of the fastest growing city in the world and how it became the Queen City of the Midwest and he, the greatest merchant in
the country.
Refreshments will be served after the program
The Barrington History Museum presents:
Museum Day 2019
Featuring
Mr. R.J. Lindsey as Marshall Field
Exhibit of 15 wedding dresses spanning the turn-of-the-century (1900) to mid-century (1950) displayed in the historic setting of our restored folk Victorian Applebee House.
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RJ Lindsey as Marshall Field
Barrington native son Frank Willmarth, who studied at Chouinard Art School in Los Angeles, known as “Pancho,” sketched tourists at Catalina Island. He estimated that he had drawn pictures of about 50,000 people through his lifetime. We invite you to peruse a sampling of his work.