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Exmoor club house and grounds [photo]

US IlHpHS 68.720.1
Item
1909

Framed, panoramic print of Exmoor Country Club. The Stupey Cabin in service as caddy shack can be seen in the background.

McIntosh, Burr

Apple Tree Theatre Collection

US IlHpHS ApplTre
Collection
1986 - 2009

The collection as 7 series, and 8 subseries within the collection. The series were organized by storage practice.The first series, records and papers, contains all the printed and manuscript material. It contains, pamphlets, calendars, play bill...

Apple Tree Theatre

Map of Highland Park Woodlands

US IlHpHS wood.lan
Item
1936

Map shows the Highland park Woodlands: the area between Western and Priscilla (east-west) and Euclid and Burchell (north-south). There are drawings of proposed houses in the area as well as restrictions on the lots. The map was drawn by M.B. Schae...

Schaeffer, M. B.

Time capsule contents

US IlHpHS 1971.hp150
Series
1969-1971

Seventeen printed items and ephemera, including postcards, monographs, periodicals, a telephone directory, and silver dollar placed in safe deposit bank in 1971. Series also includes notes from opening, key envelope and engraved plaque.

Highland Park Historical Society

Highland Park Athletic Club postcard

US IlHpHS 2012.6.1
Item
ca. 1914-1917

Postcard to Esther Nipp(?) at Willard Hall from John [Gallahger], Peter, Joe et al."Esty, -- We miss you. Come back for the game Saturday. Boo Rah Rah."

s.n.

Awarded to F. Perryman for saving the lives of ten boys on Lake Michigan from ice floes February 12, 1899

US IlHpHS 68.503.1
Item
1899

Gold bravery medal awarded to Fred K Perryman by the residents of Highland Park, the rescue on Lake Michigan of several boys. The medal is housed in a purple jewel box.

Highland Park (Ill.)

Metzel Family collection

US IlHpHS 2012.4
Collection
Bulk, 1960-1966

This collection documents the Metzel family from the Civil War era 1860s through the 1960s. Its contents include a family history, landscape architecture blueprints by celebrated landscape architect, O.C. Simonds, contracts, and images.A.J. Metze...

Metzel Family