Public Events --
Book Signing
- Location: Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Springfield
- Date: Friday, December 09, 2011, 3:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Authors Kenneth Farnsworth, Dr. John Walthall, and Robert Mazrim will sign copies of their recently published books in The Museum Store. Kenneth B. Farnsworth and John A. Walthall's book, Bottled in Illinois: Embossed Bottles and Bottled Products of Early Illinois Merchants from Chicago to Cairo 1840-1880, describes and illustrates nearly 1,100 different Illinois embossed-bottle varieties produced before, during, or after the Civil War. Robert F. Mazrim's book, At Home in the Illinois Country: French Colonial Domestic Site Archaeology in the Midwest 1730-1800, focuses on the archaeological reflections of French domestic life in Illinois during the eighteenth century. Copies of both books will be available for purchase in The Museum Store. Free and open to the public Refreshments after 5:00 pm
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