Wilmette Park District
- Publication
- Local News, 26 Feb 1916, p. 14
Description
- Featured Link
- Creator
- Louis K. Gillson
- Media Type
- Newspaper
- Item Types
- Articles
- Photographs
- Notes
- The Wilmette Park District wa organized in 1908 to create and maintain public parks. The organization was the suggestion of Mr. R. R. McCormick, then President of the Sanitary District, that the tract of land which would be created from earth extracted from the drainage canal under construction. Describes plans for the development of various parks.
Photograph Louis K. Gillson, President Park Board; Photograph of a pergola in a park; Photograph of a Spanish cannon captured in Cuba at Lake Front Park with unidentified children; Photograph of the drinking fountain at Lake Front Park; Photograph of a winter scene on Lake Michigan; Photograph of the scene at Wilmette and Lake Avenue - Date of Publication
- 26 Feb 1916
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Gillson, Louis
- Local identifier
- Wilmette.News.291510
- Language of Item
- English
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Contact
- Wilmette Public LibraryEmail:refdesk@wilmettelibrary.info
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