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Edgar Rice Burroughs and Tarzan
The Historical Society, with the expert assistance from several individuals including Jerry Spannraft, unveiled its interpretive exhibit on the life and work of Edgar Rice Burroughs on July 9, 1999. The exhibit is located on the second floor of Pleasant Home. The exhibit holds several display cases and space walls featuring dozens of photographic images of ERB and his family, his many residences, Tarzan, Jane, Cheetah, and Boy; as well as, toys, puzzles, action figures, lobby cards, and movie stills. Much of the exhibit focuses on ERB's life while living and with his family in Oak Park, Illinois from 1911-1919. The Burroughs family lived in several Oak Park residences: 821 S. Scoville (rented from 1910-11), 414 Augusta (owned from 1914-17), 700 N. Linden (owned from 1917-18), and 325 N. Oak Park Ave. (rented from 1918-19). The Historical Society placed a plaque at his residence located at 700 N. Linden Ave. in 1999--the last home the Burroughs family owned while living in Oak Park. Guided tours of the exhibit are available during regular tour times: 12:30-3:30 pm Thursday-Sunday (March-November) and 12:30-2:30 pm Thursday-Sunday (December-February). We invite you to come and tour this AMAZING exhibit and learn more about the life of the man behind such a popular and familiar hero.
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