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This folder contains various images and newspaper clippings about the Highland Park Fire Department. Bellow are a list of of items that can be found in the folder with the items associated dates and accession numbers.

Scanned newspaper image of fire wagon with fire fighters, 1904
News article "3 Choices face firement, Police-one's a pay raise", 1953
Early fire hose test and fire drill, No Date, 67-71-1
News article and image "Firemen give tables to recreation center", 1953
Early fire hose test and fire drill [8x9 image], ca. 1900
Fire station No. 1 and water tower image taken from a calendar, 1943
Seasons greeting card with fire station image, ca. 1905

This folder contains various images and newspaper clippings about the Highland Park Fire Department. Bellow are a list of of items that can be found in the folder with the items associated dates.

Central Station and Ravinia Station scanned images from a book, ca. 1932
Scanned image of fire station with fire wagons (copy), ca. 1900
Fire Station No. 1 next to Sunset Foods, No Date
Fire fighters play 'tug-of-war' with fire hoses, No Date
Fire fighters climing a lader to a roof on 807 St. John's Ave., 1987
Fire fighters putting out a fire at a company, No Date
Tribune articles "$300,000 fire on north shore" and "Fire menaces downtown of Highland Park", 1922
7 newspaper artiles about firemen, 1943-1955
HPK News article "…And to its fire fighting crew!", 1956

File contains a b/w 8x10 photo of the store front of the Highland Park News office. The photo is from the early 20th century. There is also an article from the Chicago Tribune, "A precocious Orson Welles in Highland Park" from May 5, 1996. The article discusses the summer of 1928 when Welles lived in Highland Park and wrote for the Highland Park News.

This file contains 5 black and white photographs of five different bridges around Highland Park, Ill.: Forest Ave. (ca. 1910); Bronson St. (ca. 1910); Forest Ave. in winter (ca. 1950s); Hazel Ave. looking north after rhabilitation and new rails (1958); New Half Day Road Bridge (ca. Feb., 1968).