tag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:/itemsItems2023-11-30T16:47:50Ztag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/392782016-08-11T15:00:04Z2023-11-30T16:47:49ZResidence of Hermann WeinhardtCaption: "Residence of West Park Commissioner Hermann Weinhardt, near Wicker Park." Weinhardt's seven-year term as West Park Commissioner began March 18, 1891 (from text).University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/392822016-08-11T15:00:04Z2023-11-30T16:47:50ZEntrance to Forest HomeFrom text: "This cemetery is situated between West Madison and West Twelfth Sts., about four and one half miles west of the present City Limits, and embraces the most beautiful part of the once celebrated Haase's Park, comprising nearly one hundred acres of land. These grounds have gained a wide reputation for the beauty of their natural sceneryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/392792016-08-11T15:00:04Z2023-11-30T16:47:50ZWacker Monument in Graceland CemeteryCaption: "Graceland.--Monument of Frederick and Catharine Wacker." From text: "Before the close of the year 1893 the number of the silent inhabitants of the necropolis Graceland will have reached 60,000. This cemetery is justly famed as one of the finest among Chicago's cities of the dead, and occupies a similar rank here as does Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn, Spring Grove in Cincinnati, Forest Hill or Mount Auburn in Boston. Among the 500 cemeteries in this country there is but a small number that can compare with Graceland in point of beauty of landscape and the splendor of its monuments."University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/392802016-08-11T15:00:04Z2023-11-30T16:47:50ZEntrance to Calvary CemeteryFrom text: "The improved taste of late years in the choice of sites for cemeteries and the methods adopted for their embellishment, together with the wide-felt public interest in them, and the laws which guard them from desecration, are certainly very aptly illustrated in Calvary. ... The cemetery is located south of and adjoining the village of South Evanston, ten miles north from the City Hall. It is the largest and oldest of the Roman Catholic cemeteries of this city, and is fronting Sheridan Drive and Lake Michigan."University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/392812016-08-11T15:00:04Z2023-11-30T16:47:50ZGateway to Oak Woods CemeteryCaption: "Gateway to Oakwoods (sic) Cemetery." From text: "This beautiful cemetery stands in the front rank, as one of the handsomest of Chicago's burial grounds. It is located south of 67th St. between Cottage Grove Ave. and the I. C. R. R. track. The distance from the business center is about seven miles. ... In drawing the plan for the grounds, the Association was fortunate in securing the services of the late Mr. Adolph Strauch, Superintendent of Spring Grove Cemetery, at Cincinnati, who as a landscape gardener and Superintendent of cemeteries, probably had no equal. Before work was commenced in 1864, he visited and made a thorough examination of the land ... Then, with a detailed survey, showing the elevation, he drafted the plan now presented to the public, designating the lowest land for artificial lakes, and the higher to be made still higher, and formed into beautiful mounds with the earth taken from the lakes. The avenues are laid out in gentle curves and on an established grade."University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/392832016-08-11T15:00:04Z2023-11-30T16:47:50ZEntrance to Waldheim CemeteryFrom text: "Situated in the town of Harlem, on the Desplaines River, and about nine miles from the city, is a German cemetery of exceptional beauty in its general aspect as well as in the tasteful and pleasing manner … Like most of the other large cemeteries, Waldheim is open to all, and makes no distinction between the believer or unbeliever, between Christian, Jew or Heathen. The park-like grounds contain 80 acres of well drained land, about half of which is still covered with a dense wood of healthy oak trees, whose days however are numbered."University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library