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- 1. Mr. Cook's desk with secret compartments (desk was later
owned by Dr. Taylor, prominent local physician)
- 2. Scale for weighing precious metals
- 3. Picture of Samuel Insull above mantel
- 4. Personalized shaving mugs--Bradford's Barber Shop
- 5. Panels on bottom of bookcases carved to match design on
mantel
- 6. Mrs. Cook's Renaissance Revival dresser with books, cards,
stationery, plates for sale
- 7. Safe belonging to Matt Pester, blacksmith
- 8. Two pictures by hall door: serial view of
Libertyville/Mundelein taken from a kite, 1908; press building
(razed 1979) of Sheldon School of Scientific Salesmanship; 50,000
people (worldwide) enrolled in correspondence courses; one of
Mundelein's former names (1909-24) was AREA (Ability, Reliability,
Endurance, Action)--qualities Sheldon emphasized
- 9. Lake County map, 1915'