Selling pumpkins at Schneider Farms, Glenview and Hibbard Roads, c. 1966. Farm stands were once familiar sights in west Wilmette.
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Jane Textor, the Museum's Costume Curator, demonstrated her enthusiasm for turn-of-the-century fashion during the Gibson Girl Tea. This sold-out event coincided with the Museum's current exhibit, The Gibson Girl in Wilmette. Ladies of all ages were treated to a traditional tea service featuring muffins, scones, tea sandwiches, petit-fours, tea cakes, bar cookies and, of course, tea! Textor gave a lively slideshow presentation of how Charles Dana Gibson's illustrations came to represent the "American girl to all the world".