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Scope and Contents note There are two documents in this file: no. 2177 Examination of Title to South 34 acres of the W 1/2 of SE 1/4 of Sec. 22 Township 43 North Range 12 East Lake Co. Ill., 1844-1892; no. 27586 Abstract of Title to Block "D" Plat of Highland park Section 23-43-12, 1845-1923.

Scope and Contents note This file has three documents (attached): No. 31365 Book 241 Abstract of Title to Lots 16, 17, 18, 19, 23 and 24 Highwood, Sec. 15-43-12 Lake County, Illinois, 1844-1885; No. 31365 Book 243 Abstract of Title to Lots 16, 17, 18, 19, 23 and 24 Plat of Highwood, Sec. 15-43-12 Lake County, Illinois, 1885-1904; No. 31366 Book 243 Abstract of Title to Lot 18 PLat of Highwood Sec. 15-43-12, 1904-1924.

Scope and Contents note There are three documents (attached) in this file: no.7762 previously labelled as Abstract of Title to Lands embraced by Plat of Highland Park (other copies have this label but this one does not), 1844-1903; no. 4037 to Lots 4 1/2 and 5 and S1/4 100ft Lot 4 Block 36 City of Highland Park Lake County Ills for F.P. Hawkins, 1903-1906; no.4222 tos Lots 4 1/2 and 5 and S1/4 100ft Lot 4 Block 36 City of Highland Park Lake County Ills. for Frank P. Hawkins, 1906-1907; no. 4897 Abstract of Title to Southerly 100 ft. Lot 4 and all Lot 4 1/2 in Block 36 in the City of Highland park, lake Co., Ills for J.E. Rounsevelle, 1907; no. 4920 Abstract of Title to Lot 4 1/2 and Southerly 100 ft. of Lot 4 in Block 36 in the City of Highland Park, Lake County, Ills. for Carnahan Slusser and Cox, 1907-1908; no. 7743 Abstract of Title to Southerly 100 ft. of Lot 4 and all Lot 4 1/2 Block 36 City of Highland Park, Lake County, Ills. for E.H. Barringer, 1908-1911.

Scope and Contents note There are three documents in this file. The first document is a "true copy of the original abstract of title" to Sundry Lots in Sundry Blocks in G.L. Wrenn's Addition to Highland Park, Lake County, Illinois. The document spans the history of the property from 1845-1901. The second document (which is two documents attached) contains: no. 17857 Abstract of Title to Lots 21, 22 and 23 Block 7 G.L. Wrenn's Addition Highland park Lake County, Ills. for Frank. P. Hawkins, 1901-1919; no.28175 Abstract of title to Northerly 50 ft Lot 23 Blk. 7 G.L. Wrenn's Addition Section 26-45-12 lake County, Illinois for Daniel McNeil, 1919-1923.

Scope and Contents note This file contains three abstract of title (attached together): South Highland Addition to Highland Park, Lake County, Ills., 1844-1910; Lots 85 and 86, South Highland Addition, Highland Park Lake County, Ill., 1873; Lot 85 South Highland Addition to Highland Park, Lake County, Ill., 1873-1911.

Scope and Contents note This file contains no. 29048 and no. 8425 Abstract of Title to the South half of the South East quarter of Section 35; the South one third of the South half of the South west quarter of Section 36, and the North one third (except that part East of the Road) of the South half of the South West quarter of Section 36, all in Township 43 North Range 12 East of the 3rd P.M., in Lake COunty, Illinois. Date of document spans from 1845-1922.

Scope and Contents note This file contains two different Abstracts of Title attached together. The first Abstract of Title is to the East part of the NW 1/4 NE1/4 of Section 26, Township 43, Range 12. this document begins in 1846 and ends in 1890. It is handwritten. The second Abstract of Title is to Lot 23, in Block 3, G.L. Wrenn's Addition to Highland Park in Lake County, Illinois. This document spans from 1890 to 1912 (the property information begins in 1846 and ends in 1912).

Scope and Contents note This file contains "a true copy of the original examinations of title" to Lots 71, 91, and 92, in South Highland Addition to Highland Park, Lake County, Illinois. The document covers the history of the property from 1848 until 1878.

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

This file contains images pulled for the use of the Settlement book and are currently found in the first folder of this box. Bellow are a list of images found in this folder along with their associated dates and accession numbers.

A & P Super Market previously Northwestern General Store, 6-21-1950
Moses and Lobe family, No Date
First Presbyterian Church, 1874
U.S.O.'s dedication of Green Bay Rd., No Date
Highland Park Hospital exterior, No Date
F.B. Green Bloce family at their home on the corner of Sheridan and Central Ave. [Elvira Green (Mrs. H.R.), Frank and Birtha Green, Emma McQuiston, Mamie and Gladys Burns, Harvey and Paul McQuiston, No Date
3 women and 3 men posing on a brick porch, No Date, 70-366-1
Highland Park Hotel copy [original in Highland Park Film], No Date
Mandel Home- Tudor style, No Date, 70-582-5
George Tucker and Harry Clour standing infront of a car, No Date
Thomas McCraran Sr. farmer who came to Highland Park in 1848, ca. 1860, 70-338-1
St. Mary's church on Green Bay Rd. near Lake Cook [Heavily pixilated], No Date
Ethel Zimmer Smith shopping with her trained billy goat, 1905
Bluff City Electric Street Railway Company car with passengers, No Date
Young Mens Club of Highland Park Minstrel Show [names of members on back], 1920
Winter scene looking north from Central Ave. on Sherinan Rd. [negative], 1896
Albert Larson general store [original in Orson Brand collection], No Date
Left to right for the dinner party- Emma McQuiston, Aggie Leslie?, Mrs. Commings, Mrs. Mathson?, Mrs. Fessender, Grandma Green, Mrs. Erskine, Bertha B. Green, Mrs. Brawn, ____, Della Marrison, Mrs. Van Rifoer, No Date
Highland Park News office with 3 mend standing outside, No Date, 69-357-3
Moraine Hotel taxi from the train depot with driver standing outside his truck, No Date, 69-271-3
2 women in a Phaeton decorated for a parade representing Home Dairy, No Date, 67-230-31
"The Old Fashioned School" Elm Place Grammer School play to raise money for a new auditorium- first persons gun faces up [names on back], 5-3-1923, 69-356-5
Copy from above, 5-3-1923, 69-356-5
3rd copy, 5-3-1923, 69-356-5
4th copy, 5-3-1923, 69-356-5
5th copy, 5-3-1923, 69-356-5
"The Old Fashioned School" Elm Place Grammer School play to raise money for a new auditorium- first persons gun faces at students [names on back], 5-3-1923, 9-77-156
Copy from above, 5-3-1923, 9-77-156
3rd copy, 5-3-1923, 9-77-156
4th copy, 5-3-1923, 9-77-156
Highland Park Life Saving Crew [also found in Orson Brand collection], No Date
3 men sitting in a car outside H. Mills Meat Market, No Date
Winter scene looking north from Central Ave. on Sherinan Rd. [small image printed from the negative], No Date, 67-119-1
Arial view of the entrance to Ravina Park, a train leaving with passengers walking about the platforms, No Date
Central Ave. and Sheridan Rd. looking north with James H. Duffy's delivery service store and wagon in the image, ca. 1900, 70-259-2
Erection of the Flag pole at Central and Sheridan, Christmas card, No Date
Erection of the Flag pole at Central and Sheridan, No Date, 69-295-1
"Our Flag" Poem by Laura Dayton Fessenden from the North Shore Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, No Date