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This collection regards the Gieser family, their descendants, and extended relatives from the turn of the 19th century to the present day in Highland Park. This collection pertains to the members of this family, as well as those who would eventually marry into the family, specifically Elise Weisenberger who married William Gieser. The collection contains a significant number of photographs and albums, Deerfield yearbooks, and other artifacts such as Adolph Gieser's fire chief medallion, and a DVD containing an interview with Elise Weisenberger Gieser about her family and her life on the Bonita Vista estate as the daughter of the gardener.

Black and white photographs of members of the Gieser family and friends. Includes pictures of Adolph Gieser, Annie Gieser [nee Christensen], Bill [Winsor] Gieser, Fritz and Kay Gieser, Doris Jean Gieser, Clara Waite, Lizzie Gieser, Roy Parker, Foster Cagel, Carl Christensen, Johnnie Claiche, Frederick Cheiver, and Lazarus Cozacar. These photos entail various daily events being captured as the family is established and flourishes.

Black and white photographs of the Gieser family, their house, and their family store located at the corner where 1st and 2nd Street merge in Highland Park, IL.

Black and white photographs of the Weisenberger family, including father Albert, mother Elise and daughters Elise and Marion Weisenberger. These detail various instances in their life, including photographs of Elise at 3 months old, Marion as an infant, and other stages of their growing up. These photographs range from 1910 (Elise’s birth year), to 1929. Also included a photographs of Auntie Clara White, maid Eleanor, Margaret Stewart, Carlie Muller, and other friends and family.

This Fire Chief Medallion belonged to Adolph Gieser. It was awarded to him by the International Association of Fire Engineers during their 39th annual convention between the dates of September 19th-22nd, 1911. The metal casting is a bronze colored, and the attached faded and frayed ribbon is red.

Most pictures are labelled by the original owners and detail the dates and persons of interest in their pictures themselves. Subjects include Bill [Windsor] Gieser, John Claiche, Annie Gieser, Bertha Koller, Bill Christensen, Ruth Rhinesmith, Arthur and Mary Rogers, Mary St. Peter, Mr./Mrs. Baud, Mr./Mrs. Mizen, various unlisted subjects, scenery, house fires, the Gieser house, and others.

E.V. Price was the owner of the Bonita Vista estate where Elise Weisenberger Gieser grew up as the daughter of the gardener.

This photograph album belonged to Marion and Elise Weisenberger, the latter of which became Elise Gieser through marriage. The stamp on the inside cover states that this book was gifted to the two girls during the summer of 1920, but contains photographs that dates between 1915-1922. Subjects include Elise and Marion Weisenberger, their mother Elise and father Albert, Aunt Julia, Hilda, a woman by the name of Hester, and various landscape photographs, including many involving the Gardener’s Cottage that the Weisenberger family lived in at the Bonita Vista estate.

Black and white photographs of Elise and Marion Weisenberger and their life on the Prince estate where their father Albert worked as the gardener.

Five artifacts that detail Marion Weisenberger attending the Ravinia School from grades 1-4 between the years of 1918-1922. Three are black and white class photographs, while the last is comprised of two class photographs glued to black scrap-booking paper.