NBC Chicago received an exclusive first look at materials that will be featured in the Obama Presidential Center, including the very first artifact in the…
The 19 acres in Jackson Park will be complete with a world-class museum. NBC Chicago received an exclusive first look at materials that will be featured in the museum, including the very first artifact in the entire collection. Chicago 's South Side was chosen as the site of the presidential center because it holds meaning to both Barack Obama , who became a community organizer in Chicago in his 20s, and Michelle Obama , who grew up in a two-story house in Chicago ’s South Shore community.
The newspaper was donated to the museum by its editor, who had saved it, recognizing its significance. It will remind museum visitors of the days before online job postings, when job seekers read the classified ads. The Obama nesting dolls are wearing the same outfits the Obamas were wearing on election night in Grant Park in 2008, a rally that Annerino herself attended. Before Annerino donated the dolls to the museum, they were a Christmas gift from her daughter.
"I went in with just one thing in my hand, and they really liked these . When I was speaking to the person collecting, I said, 'I have a huge shopping bag in my car. You can have anything,'" Annerino said.
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