Hawthorne Museum Presentation Do you know what Cicero looked like over 100 years ago? If you do not, reference librarian and museum presenter, Denise Schlagheck will be more than happy to show you at the Hawthorne Museum located in one of the many facilities at Morton College. Denise’s presentation, like many others, consisted of three key points. First, he introduced himself and the history of Hawthorne; he then presented his visual aids and finally concluded with answering any questions the audience had. When the class first walked into the museum we all gathered in a circle around a table, filled with old pictures of Cicero, in the middle of the museum. Even though he was a familiar face to everyone in the audience, Denise began by introducing
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To show exactly how Hawthorne increased population he began by saying that Cicero’s population was of only 4,000 but with the purchase of 200+ acres in 1903 and the construction of buildings owned by Western Electric many job offers opened causing people to move in increasing the population to 40,000 people in such small amount of time. To support this, he showed the audience pictures of what the city looked like before and after the increase. To make a smooth transition from his first point to his second, Denise explained that so many people wanted to have a job at this company because of all the great benefits it provided compared to other companies at the time. During this, Denise began to move the class throughout the museum showing exactly what the company was producing. By doing so, the audience was able to get a better grasp of the company and its importance at the time for the city. Moving on to his last point we were brought in front of what was a “Hello Charlie” stand which displayed several faces of what he explained was a beauty contest held each year at the company, the winner would then have her face displayed in a bumper sticker and every year around June, when everyone went on vacation, seeing someone with the sticker displayed in their car meant they were most probably your co-workers. For many people being part of this company was more than just a job, it was a lifestyle, and Denise’s display of “Hello Charlie” was the perfect example to prove his
To show exactly how Hawthorne increased population he began by saying that Cicero’s population was of only 4,000 but with the purchase of 200+ acres in 1903 and the construction of buildings owned by Western Electric many job offers opened causing people to move in increasing the population to 40,000 people in such small amount of time. To support this, he showed the audience pictures of what the city looked like before and after the increase. To make a smooth transition from his first point to his second, Denise explained that so many people wanted to have a job at this company because of all the great benefits it provided compared to other companies at the time. During this, Denise began to move the class throughout the museum showing exactly what the company was producing. By doing so, the audience was able to get a better grasp of the company and its importance at the time for the city. Moving on to his last point we were brought in front of what was a “Hello Charlie” stand which displayed several faces of what he explained was a beauty contest held each year at the company, the winner would then have her face displayed in a bumper sticker and every year around June, when everyone went on vacation, seeing someone with the sticker displayed in their car meant they were most probably your co-workers. For many people being part of this company was more than just a job, it was a lifestyle, and Denise’s display of “Hello Charlie” was the perfect example to prove his