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Visual Photograph

  • US IlHpHS Visu.Pho
  • Collection
  • 1853-2003

This collection is made up of general photographs from the Highland Park Historical Society archives. It is comprised of 17 (artificial_ series with 29 sub series. The series are divided into topics with the sub series dividing some of the larger series into more specific smaller topics, while remaining general. The topics that are covered in this collection include places, locations, buildings, negatives, and people. Many of the images were done at the Brand Brothers Studio in Highland Park. Their photographic contribution to the documentation of Highland Park through the years is vitally important and the majority of the images held by HPHS.

Highland Park Historical Society

Old Highland Park Photos 2

  • US IlHpHS Visu.Pho-Visu.Pho.1-1.3
  • File
  • 1853-1980, No Date
  • Part of Visual Photograph

This folder contains images from in and around Highland Park. Below are a list of items that can be found in this folder with its associated date.

Intersection of St. Johns and Central (reprint), No Date
Ellen Cox on right at St. Johns and Walker Ave. standing with wagons children and dogs, ca. 1906
Inside view of a buildings construction site, No Date
Children playing dressup with the goose who layed the golden egg in a school hallway, No Date
Women exiting the Govenor of Illinois' helicopter, ca. 1960-1979
Group of men and their horses at a camp establised while building roads in Illinois (Photocopy), 1891
Older gentelman and his wife driving their car (Photocopy), No Date
Collage of early settelers to celebrating the 85th anniversary of Highland Park (Photocopy), 1954
Collage of early citizens to celebrate the 85th anniversary of Highland Park (Photocopy), 1954
Family in a car (Names on back- Herman, Joe, Margaret, Kay, Helen), ca.1900
4 children and 2 women posing in front of their home, No Date
Newspaper article about the Highland Park Hotel, 1944
Marcus Sparling, Roger Fenton's assistant, sittion on the wagon they used during the Crimean War, ca. 1853-1856
An Older woman, middle aged woman, and 2 children sit around a spindle preparing the different sections of making yarn, No Date
Highland Park Historical Society seasons greeting card, 1975
Intersection of St. Johns and Central, ca. 1899-1915
A Street lined with homes and a ravine with a parked car, No Date
Highland Park Fire Station No. 1 and Water Tower- image from 1943 (Photocopy from calendar), 1980
U.S.O. Building on Green Bay Rd. during W.W.II (Photocopy from calendar), 1980

Improving Highland Park

This series contains 2 sub series that show various ways that Highland Park has been physically improved over the years.
70.615.1 : Mrs. E Phelps, Mayor Samuel Hastings, American Legion Commander Henry Hanson.

Buildings

This series contains photographs of buildings in Highland Park, mainly images of schools and trains, thus divided into the 2 subseries groups.

General

This series contains miscellaneous images of Highland Park. Below is a list of the items in this folder along with their dates and accession numbers.

Only Elephant in Highland Park- with costumed rider on a palomino horse, No Date
Drawn team attached to covered buggy with driver in front of a home for sale, No Date
Frederick Fischer in memorium plaque, ca. 1914
Brand family plot, No Date
Brand family plot, No Date
Westerdy R.S.- hitched oxen, parked car in front of home and open road, No Date
Sheep on the Sheridan Farm (Later the Sunset Sub.), No Date
Olympic torch celebration, 2002
Olympic torch celebration, 2002
Column topper, No Date
Easement of a building, No Date
Ravinia Park Arch, No Date
Contact sheet for Walt Durban project, No Date
Class emblem on wall hanging, No Date
Slavery-foe Edward Coles, second governor of Illinois, set the pace for anti-slavery forces. This historic painting depicts him freeing slaves he brought from his Virginia home in 1819. This painting hands in the Illinois State house., No Date, 70-122-13

This series also contains ovrsize images of Highland Park. Below is a list of the items in this folder along with their dates and accession numbers.

Large Church, No Date
Trinity Episcopal Church, Highland Park, 1996
Football posters - HPHS 60th anniversary, 1967, 68-527-1a,b
Football posters - HPHS 60th anniversary, 1967, 68-527-1a,b
Engraving of Highland Hall- A prepatory and college institution, ca. 1880
The republican inner circle- sent to Ira, each member signed the bottom, No Date

Train

  • US IlHpHS Visu.Pho-1.3/2.1-1.4
  • Subseries
  • 1880-1997, No Date
  • Part of Visual Photograph

This sub series contains images of various trains and stations around Highland Park. Below is a list of the items in this folder along with their dates and accession numbers.

Entrance for Ravinia Park- Train of Chicago Northwestern Elevated Railway cars drawn by Chicago and Milwaukee Electric Rail Road Bros., ca. 1908
North West Rail Road Depot, 1880, 3.6.7 (a-b)
Passengers boarding the train at the Ravinia station, No Date
Central Ave. train crossing, 1997
"Ravinia Park Special" train car with passengers loading and unloading, ca 1910
Negative- Early of tracks looking west to bank, No Date

Businesses

This series contains images from various businesses around Highland Park. It has been organized into 3 sub series. The first are General images of HP businesses and may not contain conventional ideas of a business. The second, Powerhouse, contain images of HP's Powerhouse. The third and final sub series, Storefronts, contains images of the various storefronts owned by Highland Parkers.

Storefronts

  • US IlHpHS Visu.Pho-1.5/2.2-.3-1.7/2.3
  • Subseries
  • 1882-1990, No Date
  • Part of Visual Photograph

This folder contains various storefront images of HP businesses. Below is a list of the items in this folder along with their dates.

Studio of Orson Brand, No Date
North side of Central Ave. from Sheridan Rd. west, 1884
Brand Bros. 1st paint shop- on 2nd street behind there later building, ca. 1882
"Michael's" restaurant- man and women presenting food, 10-4-1990
Pool Maid- landscape scene of industrial area, No Date
The wheel Lathe in the N.S.L. Shop- Highwood, 8-20-1932
St. Johns Ave. looking North to Central from Laurel Ave.- Brick paving and Chicago and Milwaukee train at upper left, ca. 1910-1915

This sub series also contains oversize images located in box 2. Below is a list of the items in this folder along with their dates and accession numbers.

Street view of Brand Art Studio (at left) with 2 other homes next to the studio, No Date
Rear of Ravinia buisiness block, 2 story brick building in right hand portion of photo (was the 1st store in Ravinia grocery/meat market), 1940, 68-736-1
Central Ave.- image of store fronts, ca. 1960
Edgar A. Stevens dress shop in Highland Park, No Date
Santi Brothers Dairy, No Date

Locations

This series contains images of locations around Highland Park. They have been broken up into 4 sub series, the beach, general, landscape, street view, and Deere Park.

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