Worn by Paul B. Norland as a page at the wedding of Mattie Quales and Ernst A. Erickson in 1897. The wedding took place at the Quales family homestead at 1951 West Schiller Street, Chicago, where Mr. and Mrs. Erickson lived after their marriage....
Wedding coat of Jabez Hamlin (born July 28, 1709 - died April 5, 1779) when he married Margaret Phillips (born August 31, 1713 -died September 6, 1748) in Middletown, Connecticut, on December 6, 1736. Great-great-grandfather of Anna P. Williams....
Worn by Philip Wrigley throughout his service as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy and at his marriage to Helen Atwater. Phillip Wrigley was the owner of the baseball team Cubs.
Worn by donor's grandfather, George Walker Meeker, at his wedding to Mary Ellen Forgan Farwain. Mr. Meeker (born July 26, 1854; died April, 1899) lived on Astor Street in Chicago and was a coal merchant.
Worn by Benjamin Peters Hutchinson (1828-1899), grandfather of the donors, when he was married to Sarah Ingalls in Lynn, Massachusetts, circa 1855. Mr. Hutchinson, who was popularly known as "Old Hutch," established the first packing company in...
