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Named "Nouveau" after the unforgettable art deco era, the craftsmanship of this necklace speaks to the detail and ornamental artistry of this time. This necklace features an intricately cast brass Blue Heron and crystal drops on a long brass chain that slips over the head.

This necklace is a reminder of the Fountain to the Blue Heron which once stood behind the Staley Administration Building. Designed by Danish landscape artist Jens Jensen, the Fountain to the Blue Heron featured four bronze, blue herons at the center and over 50 bronze frogs circling the water.

Jensen was a lover of nature and an environmentalist with a passion for preservation and usage of native prairie plants. In addition to the fountain, Jensen created a park-like atmosphere around the administration building which included seventy-five fully grown native elm trees.
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February 8th, 7:00 pm
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Named Nouveau after the unforgettable art deco era, the craftsmanship of this necklace speaks to the detail and ornamental artistry of this time. This necklace features an intricately cast brass Blue Heron and crystal drops on a long brass chain that slips over the head.

This necklace is a reminder of the Fountain to the Blue Heron which once stood behind the Staley Administration Building. Designed by Danish landscape artist Jens Jensen, the Fountain to the Blue Heron featured four bronze, blue herons at the center and over 50 bronze frogs circling the water. 

Jensen was a lover of nature and an environmentalist with a passion for preservation and usage of native prairie plants. In addition to the fountain, Jensen created a park-like atmosphere around the administration building which included seventy-five fully grown native elm trees.

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🌹Mr. Staley’s fondness for roses can be seen at every crossroad of his life. As a traveling salesman in 1887, young Staley gifted a bouquet of roses to Emma, his eventual wife, after seeing her for the first time. At work in Decatur, he was often seen with a rose bud in his coat lapel and he even had rooftop gardens installed on the eighth floor of the Office Building so that he could work with a view of flowers among his business empire. At the family home, an archway of Dorothy Perkins roses, his favorite, led visitors to the front of the house. Later in his life, he planted hundreds of rose bushes at his Florida estate, harvesting thousands of long stemmed roses just a year before his death.
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February 6th, 10:01 am
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🌹Mr. Staley’s fondness for roses can be seen at every crossroad of his life. As a traveling salesman in 1887, young Staley gifted a bouquet of roses to Emma, his eventual wife, after seeing her for the first time. At work in Decatur, he was often seen with a rose bud in his coat lapel and he even had rooftop gardens installed on the eighth floor of the Office Building so that he could work with a view of flowers among his business empire. At the family home, an archway of Dorothy Perkins roses, his favorite, led visitors to the front of the house. Later in his life, he planted hundreds of rose bushes at his Florida estate, harvesting thousands of long stemmed roses just a year before his death.

First Teletypewriters Are Installed

Pictured is Sara Gorman (sales department), sending a message from the Decatur plant to Ethel Millhouse in the Chicago office. Her message was the first ever sent in the US over a new service created by The American Telephone and Telegraph company (better known today as AT&T). This service, also called switching service, was available all over the country for the first time November 21, 1932. The first message was sent November 27 from the Staley office.

"The teletypewriter transmits typewritten messages electrically over wires, so that whatever is typed at one end of a circuit appears, practically at the same instant, at the distant end, also in typewritten form." -January 1932, Staley Journal
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February 4th, 10:00 am
First Teletypewriters Are Installed

Pictured is Sara Gorman (sales department), sending a message from the Decatur plant to Ethel Millhouse in the Chicago office. Her message was the first ever sent in the US over a new service created by The American Telephone and Telegraph company (better known today as AT&T). This service, also called switching service, was available all over the country for the first time November 21, 1932. The first message was sent November 27 from the Staley office. 

The teletypewriter transmits typewritten messages electrically over wires, so that whatever is typed at one end of a circuit appears, practically at the same instant, at the distant end, also in typewritten form. -January 1932, Staley Journal

Mr Staley Was Here!
Mr Staley and museum staff had the pleasure of attending a screening of the “Fields Of Gold” documentary yesterday evening.
Spencer Films & Motörhead Bar & Grill partnered with The Boys and Girls Club of Central Illinois to create an event to support the valuable work done by the club across central Illinois.
As always, Mr Staley reminds us to support local!
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February 2nd, 12:02 pm
Mr Staley Was Here! 
Mr Staley and museum staff had the pleasure of attending a screening of the “Fields Of Gold” documentary yesterday evening. 
Spencer Films & Motörhead Bar & Grill partnered with The Boys and Girls Club of Central Illinois to create an event to support the valuable work done by the club across central Illinois.  
As always, Mr Staley reminds us to support local! 
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❤️100 Years Ago❤️
Cover of the 1925 issue of the Staley Journal.
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February 1st, 10:00 am
❤️100 Years Ago❤️
Cover of the 1925 issue of the Staley Journal.
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