John F. Kennedy, Shakespeare characters and gardeners all found a home in Evanston. At The American Toby Jug Museum, 910 Chicago Ave., these figures and about 8,000 others like them take shape in jug ...

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EVANSTON - When Stephen Mullins was in summer camp and sent his mother six ceramic drinking jugs he bought for $1 apiece, he didn't anticipate that that single gesture hinted at a lifelong pursuit.

collection fills 100 uniform display cases and includes jugs that bear the likenesses of everything from pop stars to mythical creatures. “I scroll on eBay about once a week,” explains Mullins. “It ...

For Stephen Mullins a Toby jug is more than a ceramic pitcher. The Evanston resident sees the vessels, which are created to resemble animals, movie characters, and sometimes feature celebrities and ...

Most museums have rooms devoted to specialized collections. But few focus as obsessively (and extensively) on a particular brand of cultural artifact as these two suburban museums. Both the Donald E.

Real estate investor Steve Mullins began his collection with 9 jugs in 1947 at the age of 15. "I was just intrigued by the characters themselves. They just hit me. If you're a collector-- and I am-- I ...

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