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This collection is comprised of record books generated by the Brand Brothers Paint Company. There are 14 books that contain information on the various accounts, jobs, and estimates held by the company. The collection ranges from 1889-1940.

This collection contains images and advertisements from the Brand Brothers Studio. Images range from the Brand family at various events to other local families and even individual people. All advertisements for this collection are for the Brand Brothers Studio and range from calling cards to calendars.

This collection contains real estate records from various realtors for Highland Park properties ranging from the middle of the 1950s through 1980. Records contain the physical description with images and additional information about the property and its surrounding area. The bulk of the files document residential properties with some commercial locations.

Some properties were designed by such prominent architects as Eugene Henry Klaber, Ernest Grunsfeld, Jr., Howard Van Doren Shaw, Ernest Grunsfeld, III, Milton Schwartz, Greta Lederer, Arnold Schaffner, and Robert Seyfarth.

Minutes, correspondence, by-laws and other records from the local defense council formed in response to World War I.

This collection is comprised of, ink drawings, manuscript submissions and installments of the comic strip "From Nine to Five" and "Duets" created by cartoonist Jo Fischer. The three manuscript submissions present in this collection are all stylistically different, both in terms of graphics and humor, from his most famous comic strip "From Nine to Five". The variety of dates covered in this collection also demonstrate how "From Nine to Five" evolved over time; While, the original ink drawings found in this collection provide some insight into Mr. Fischer's illustrating process and its evolution over time.

The Hart family collection contains 9 architectural house drawings of the James M. Hart house, located at 282 Linden Park Place, Highland Park IL. This house was designed by Milton Schwartz. The dates of the drawings range from the mid 1950s to the mid 1970s. These drawings reflect the additions and improvements the Harts made on the property. The collection also contains a box of photographs and documents for the Hart family.

Records, notes and recollections, images regarding first banks in Highland Park. Includes histories and merger information.

The Herman family collection contains a 1922 map of Highland Park, ephemera and Sparks, a newsletter published by the Elm Place School in Highland Park.

File, arranged by topic, contains postcards related places and events in Highland Park, Illinois, including the the Bob O'Link Country Club, Exmoor Country Club, Highland Park Club, Masonic Temple, and the Sunset Valley Golf Club. Photographers and printers include the Brand Brothers' studio and other local and national printers.

The collection consists of photographs of Gertrude Knapmiller Ronzani, Floyd Presley, Theresa Slack, John Frantonius, Marie Knapmiller Frantonius, and John Peterson. Also included are a lady's lace cap, a booklet celebrating the 20th anniversary of the hospital in 1938, a postcard, and a photocopy of the fifteenth census of the United States of 1930, issued by the Department of Commerce - Bureau of the Census.