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SIMMONS - A
Tribute to Carroll Simmons and His LeDuc Legacy
Saturday July 5 through Sunday October 26 - Leduc Historic Estate
2008 marks the 50th anniversary of Carroll Simmons donation of the Leduc
Historic Estate to the Minnesota Historical Society. Carroll Simmons ran
his antique business from the Estate from the 1940s to 1986 and during that
time he became one of the leading antique experts in the nation. Join us
for a special exhibition of some of the extraordinary antiques purchased
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Needlework Antiquities
Thursday June
19 through Sunday October 26 - Leduc Historic Estate
Learn more about historic needleworking through the exhibited collections
of antique needlework tools. From the collections of Annette Fisher &
Dottie Bronowski.
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Leduc Crazy Quilt 2008
Thursday June 19 through December 31 - Leduc Historic Estate
See a dynamic new crazy
quilt at the Estate. Created by quilters from the national online Crazy
Quilt List from all silk fabric and assembled by local volunteer and historian
Cindy Thury Smith. This is the third in a series of quilts created for
the Estate annually.
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Ebba C. Hoffman Theater
Called "One of the best introductory productions in the country"
by Herb Sparrow, editor of Group Travel magazine, this object theater
presentation introduces guests to the Leduc family and history of the
Estate. Made possible by a gift from Sharon and Terry Avent.
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The virtual tour of the Leduc Historic
Estate is now online! To launch the tour click on the screenshot below or here:
[ LAUNCH
VIRTUAL TOUR ]
Then select one of the "Guided
Tour" options to let the Virtual Tour walk you through, or feel free to
explore on your own. The tour is very graphics-intensive and was designed for
viewing over a Broadband Internet connection.
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This detailed look at the
mansion and grounds includes:
- Over 50 interactive 360 degree
panoramic images of the interior and exterior spaces.
- Over 200 photographs,
many from the Leduc family albums.
- Numerous sketches
by Alice Sumner Leduc illustrating her life at the Leduc Estate in the
late 1800s.
- Biographies of each
of the Leduc family members.
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OPERATING
SYSTEMS
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PLUG-INS
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Windows XP (Service Pack 2)
Windows 2000 (Service
Pack 4)
Mac OS X Panther (10.3.9)
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Quicktime Player & Plugin version 6 (or later)
The Quicktime player and plugin
are a free and available from Apple Software. You can download a copy
at www.Quicktime.com.
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HARDWARE
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BROWSERS
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Broadband Internet Connection
(ADSL or Cable)
128 MB Memory (256 or
more recommended)
500 MHz CPU (1 GHz or
more recommended)
32 MB Video Memory (64
MB or more recommended)
The more your system exceeds
these minimum requirements, the better your tour experience will
be.
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Internet Explorer 5.5 or later
for Windows
Mozilla Firefox 1.5
or later for Windows & Mac OS X
Apple Safari 1.3 or
later for Mac OS X
Opera 9 or later for
Windows or Mac OS X
The browsers listed here are
in order of recommendation for use with this tour. Viewing the tour in
earlier versions of these browsers is not recommended.
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If you would like to see something
included in a future version, or have comments or questions, or wish to report
bugs/errors with the Leduc Historic Estate Virtual Tour, please submit them
via e-mail to chad.roberts@co.dakota.mn.us
