The Patricia Saam Cousins Collection Exhibit: Photographs of Libertyville High School 1946-1950
The 2017-18 school year will mark the Centennial Celebration of Libertyville High School. The Libertyville-Mundelein Historical Society is proud to help celebrate this milestone by exhibiting selected photos from the Patricia Saam Cousins Collection showing high school life from 1946 to 1950.
Richard "Dick" Behan was a freshman in 1946 when he began snapping photos of Libertyville Township High School classmates for the school yearbook, The Nautilus. Mr. Behan requested that the collection be named after Patricia Saam Cousins, his high school sweetheart.
This year's summer exhibit will start at the David Adler Music & Arts Center. An opening reception with light refreshments will launch the exhibit on Friday, June 2 from 6-8pm at the historic house at 1700 N. Milwaukee Avenue in Libertyville. The photographs can be seen by participants of the MainStreet Libertyville Housewalk on June 10 and during the following gallery hours: June 5-8 from 9:00a.m. to 8:30p.m. and June 12-15 from 4:00p.m. to 8:30p.m.
"The images in the Patricia Saam Cousins Collection will make everyone smile," said Jenny Barry, president of the Libertyville-Mundelein Historical Society and curator of the exhibit. "They are a wonderful view of the many aspects of Libertyville High School student life - clubs, athletics, dances, academics - from seventy years ago."
The exhibit will reopen in the narthex of St. Lawrence Episcopal Church, 125 W. Church St., at select times during MainStreet Libertyville events this summer: June 21-22, July 19-21, and August 16-18, open during Car Fun on 21 (6-8pm), Farmers' Market (9:00am - 1:00pm), and Out to Lunch (11am to 2pm).
In addition, the images will be available for viewing on the porch of the Ansel B. Cook House during Sunday summer open houses June 18 through August 27, weather permitting. The full collection can be viewed online through the Libertyville History section of the Illinois Digital Archive, https://tinyurl.com/kmzj6ph.
The Libertyville-Mundelein Historical Society would like to thank its community partners - David Adler Music & Arts Center, St. Lawrence Episcopal Church, Libertyville High School, MainStreet Libertyville and Dan Timm of Kreuser & Seiler Century 21 - for providing the venues and resources to share this piece of Libertyville history. For more information about the Patricia Saam Cousins Collection Exhibit, contact the Libertyville-Mundelein Historical Society at 847-362-2330, info@lmhistory.org
This 100th anniversary year promises to be filled with special events, celebrations and more! Mark your calendar now to be a part of the main event: LHS Centennial Celebration, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017 at the conclusion of the LHS homecoming parade. More details to follow! Follow the Libertyville High School Centennial Celebration on Facebook (@LHS100) and Twitter (@LHSCentennial) for updates, photos and more.