Watts, Faith W. - This Old Garage, March 27, 1996
Paper description
The author relates stories about a Cape Cod style 3-car garage built behind her Prairie Style home in Glencoe. Most of the story is about a 27-passenger 1937 Yellowstone National Park tour bus with a white engine that her son and three friends drove from Wyoming to Chicago at 35 mph and parked in the garage. The object was to keep it running while preparing to sell it.
Dates
- Creation: March 27, 1996
Creator
- From the Collection: Winnetka Fortnightly (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
The Winnetka Fortnightly records are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III). Meeting minutes and members' biographies are restricted; consult Curator of Modern Manuscripts for information.
Repository Details
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