With Art & Industry: 1890-1920
Objects Exhibit Displays from the Illinois State Museum
Exhibit 1
Click for an enlargement [28k]		 This display presents the kinds of objects that would have been displayed in department-store windows at the turn of the century. 36 Storewindow
The Museum's display is based on this photograph of the Boston Store window in Chicago about 1905.
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From the Catalog Exhibit Photo
Click for an enlargement [29k]		 This display shows the variety of items that people could buy from mail-order catalogs in the 1900s.
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