Search results for termid:"puffer_land" (14 object Results)
Horseback riders through Puffer land when road is being constructed (3.2936)
Date: 1927Type: Photographic image
Description:Horseback riders through Puffer land when road is being constructed
Extent: 1 negative
Arboretum unpaved road going through Ed Puffer land (3.33188)
Date: 1935Type: Photographic image
Description:Arboretum unpaved road (possibly Forest Road) going through Ed Puffer land
Extent: 1 negative
Forest Road in summer (3.33198)
Date: June 21 – September 20 1935Type: Photographic image
Description:Forest Road in summer
Original Ed Puffer land
Extent: 1 negative
Forest Road curving to right in summer (3.33199)
Date: June 21 – September 20 1935Type: Photographic image
Description:Forest Road curving to right in summer
Original Ed Puffer land
Extent: 1 negative
Forest Road, unpaved, curving to right in wooded area (3.33200)
Date: 1930 – 1949Type: Photographic image
Description:Forest Road, unpaved, curving to right in wooded area
200 feet east of lower end of Meadow Road intersection (near present parking #13)
Original Ed Puffer land
Extent: 1 negative
Forest Road, unpaved, in dappled sunlight (3.33201)
Date: 1922 – 1949Type: Photographic image
Description:Forest Road, unpaved, in dappled sunlight
Original Ed Puffer land
Extent: 1 negative
Puffer Lake with Lacy Farm and Arbor Farm in background (3.36989)
Date: 1923 – 1924Type: Photographic image
Description:Puffer Lake
Buildings in center background Alice Lacy Farm. Buildings and silo in right background Arbor Farm, formerly Puffer Farm.
Extent: 1 photograph
Farm residence on Ogden, formerly Ed Puffer farm, later called Arbor Farm (3.38240)
Date: 1940sType: Photographic image
Description:Farm residence on Ogden, just east of Belmont and Warrenville Roads (north side), formerly Ed Puffer farm, later called Arbor Farm. Entrance to Arboretum from this property. Kept hogs. Pond was observation point for the Holabirds. Eickhorsts lived there and ran farm for Mr. Morton. (Rudolph Eickhorst, father of Walter Eickhorst). House torn down about 1946 when land was sold.
Extent: 1 photograph
1921/06/29: Joy Morton to Sterling Morton (3.92128)
Date: June 29 1921Creator: Morton, Joy
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Joy Morton to Sterling Morton. Howard reports that business orders are good. Margaret's Aunt Lou died and they went to the funeral. Mr. Simonds is working on the contour map. Joy bought the Henry Puffer farm "to give a proper approach from the east." They are working on a label for Prof. Sargent. Margaret's health is improving. They will take the Lincoln Highway to Arbor Lodge; the road is now concrete to Clinton. Jean, Joe and Carl Morton have visited.
Extent: 2 sheets
1921/07/17: Sterling Morton to Joy Morton (3.92130)
Date: July 17 1921Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to Joy Morton. He gives positive comments on a wide variety of previously discussed topics. He thinks incorporating a lake on the arboretum property will be attractive.
Extent: 3 sheets
1921/08/29: Joy Morton to Sterling Morton (3.92144)
Date: August 29 1921Creator: Morton, Joy
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Joy Morton to Sterling Morton. Howard needs more orders for equipment for Morkrum to be profitable. He relates the progress on building the lakes, roads and additional purchases of property adjoining the arboretum. Updates on family members: Robert Gray, Jean, Joe, Marion, Margaret, Suzette, and others.
Extent: 3 sheets
1926/07/28: Joy Morton to Sterling Morton (3.92168)
Date: July 28 1926Creator: Morton, Joy
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Joy Morton to Sterling Morton, who is in France. Based on the amounts for vacation rentals in France, Joy proposes the idea to Sterling to build and rent vacation cottages on the Puffer Farm area. That would bring in more money than farming. Updates him on the construction of the Morton Building, with the Telephone Company as a prospective tenant on 6-8 floors. Three employees have new baby boys, with one named after Joy Morton. His horses, Tangerine and Big Boy are growing.
Extent: 3 sheets
1926/08/09: Sterling Morton to Joy Morton (3.92169)
Date: August 9 1926Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to Joy Morton. He suggests other possible tenants for the Morton Building, with the idea that the entire building be identified with the electrical communication industry. On a family vacation in southern France, they enjoy horseback riding. Extensive details and ideas in response to his father's idea of vacation cottages on the Puffer Farm area (Letter : 1926/07/28).
Extent: 4 sheets
1926/08/24: Joy Morton to Sterling Morton (3.92170)
Date: August 24 1926Creator: Morton, Joy
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Joy Morton to Sterling Morton. The telephone company has signed for 8 floors in the Morton Building. Other prospective tenants are Western Cold Storage, Bates & Rogers, and Vacuum Oil Company. He gives a brief response to the Puffer Farm cottages idea. Updates on new construction in Lisle and Downers Grove. Many younger Morton family members are enjoying the swimming pool and horses. He will got to Boston for his annual visit to Arnold Arboretum.
Extent: 2 sheets