Sample historic recipes (virtually) at lecture series
McHenry County Historical Society archives – Don Peasley collection | Back in the 1970s, Harvard’s Roxanne Sward captured first place with her Swedish pecan cookies at the McHenry County Fair. Virtual programs will ensure continuation this spring of the Sampler Lecture Series of the McHenry County Historical Society. Last year’s schedule was cut short by COVID-related health concerns, and ongoing […]
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Back in the 1970s, Harvard’s Roxanne Sward captured first place with her Swedish pecan cookies at the McHenry County Fair. (– McHenry County Historical Society Archives – Don Peasley Collection)
UNION – The McHenry County Historical Society s storied Sampler Lecture Series is back this spring – albeit from a distance. After COVID-related health concerns cut short last year s offering, ongoing safety protocols will necessitate virtual programs when the series kicks off in March. Highland Park s Catherine Lambrecht, who was instrumental in founding the Greater Midwest Foodways Alliance and the Chicago Foodways Roundtable, will present Heirloom Recipes from the Illinois State Fair at 7 p.m. Monday, March 8.
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(Picture postcards of Highland Park business district)
Highland Park Historical Society will host The Happy Invention: The History and Significance of Picture Postcards with Katherine Hamilton-Smith on February 24, 2021 at 7:00 pm via Zoom. This event is presented as part of the Illinois Humanities Road Scholars Bureau outreach.
The first picture postcards were published for the 1889 Paris Exposition, celebrating the completion of the Eiffel Tower. In America, the first such postcards were printed for the 1893 World s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, making Illinois the birthplace of the American picture postcard. Since those flowery Victorian originals, uncountable numbers of postcards of every aspect of life have been printed, depicting train stations and bandstands; street views and cartoons; ads for products and services; social history, both whimsical and dark; and everything in between. An early mention of postcards is in the 1870 diary of a Welsh curate, who called