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Article: A tour of the Clarke House takes children back in time
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- January 12, 1990
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If your children get churlish about chores, take them back to
the 19th century, when youngsters were the family's workhorses, with
jobs such as cleaning sooty fireplaces and emptying chamber pots. By
comparison, the work around your house will seem like child's play.
Modern-day kids can learn about chores, games, unusual beverages
and other aspects of the daily life of a child 150 years ago during a
fascinating, family-oriented tour of the Clarke House at 11 a.m.
tomorrow. (The tour will be repeated at the same time Feb. 10 and
March 10.)
Painstakingly restored and fully furnished, Clarke House is
Chicago's oldest surviving dwelling. Built in 1836, it escaped the
Chicago Fire of 1871 ...