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File contains materials related to Gsell's Pharmacy. File includes an 8x10 b/w photograph and a negative strip. Second file contains more b/w and color photographs as well as newspaper articles from Gsell's Magazine.

File contains photos of downtown Highland Park, in particular Central Ave. Views included: rooftop view of downtown, east on Central at train tracks, St. Johns and Central, courtyard on Central, after addition to Bank on Central, First and Central, looking Northeast on Central. File also contains some negatives.

File contains telegrams through Western Union to Mr. and Mrs. Yoe from W.G. Scott from September, 1894. File also includes a note from October 12, 1988 addressed to Betty, explaining why the telegrams should be donated to the Historical Society.

Scope and Contents note File contains materials related to the Water Tower. Materials include: "Historic Illinois" (Aug. 1988), photographs, and a copy of the "elevated tank" sketch.

File contains photographs and negatives of various people: negatives include: J. Robert Carter, Ketih Grant, Oscar Anderson, Harry Earhart, Ed Weeks, A.H. Mason, Billy Walker, Avery Jones, Andrew Kaiser, Gunter Schwandt, Joe Riddle, Robert Carlson, Bud Harring, Bill Fleischmann, Joe Stein, Stewart Pinsof, Don Apfel, Bill Ballenger, Paul Uhlenhope, Greg Pasiuk, Norm Gorsky, Ted Sanders, Ron Rosensky.

Scope and Contents note File contains material related to the history of Highland Park. Materials include: Newspaper articles, book excerpt from "A Guide to Chicago's Historic Suburbs on Wheels and on Foot", chronological history of Highland Park compiled in 1945, Interview with Mr. O. Olesen (March 9, 1934), Out of Town (book, 1869), reference report from the Chicago Historical Society on Highland Park, a list of familiar things from the 1880s and 1890s, written in 1955, excerpt from "2nd Book of the North Shore" (1911), "Early History of Skokie Valley and its Neighbors" by Harriet Joy Scheidenhelm, "What's in a Name? The Orgin of Place Names in Lake County, Illinois" by Diana Dretske, and photocopies of newspaper articles.

Scope and Contents note File contains materials related to the history of Highland Park. Materials include photocopies of book chapters and newspaper articles, photocopies of pages from the book, Out of Town (1869), Notes on History of Highland Park (book, 1920),Highland Park History Bibliography (1844-1978) compiled by Mark Mandle, History of Highland park by Evelyn Lauter, photocopied excerpt from Physical geography of the Evanston Waukegan Region by Wallace W. Atwood and James Walter Goldthwait,Highland park Building Company Shares Certificate, "Highland Park" round metal piece, Upland Vale and Groveby Marian A. Whites (photocopy), Early Days in Highland Park by George R. Jones, illustration of an early settler in Highland Park from "Past and Present of Lake County, Illinois" (1877), Early Days in Highland Park 1896-1972 by Mrs. Edward M. Steele, Canterbury Picture Stamps of Highland Park, excerpt from "Chicago and its Suburbs" by Everett Chamberlin (ca. 1900), Highland Park Park District Itinerary of the History, Biography and Architecture of Highland Park (January 23, 1980), "How do you Get to Highland Park? by Henry X. Arenberg.

Scope and Contents note File contains maeterials related to Garnett's clothing store. Materials include: a Garnett and Co. credit card, photographs, newspaper articles, going out of business sale license, advertisements, and a caricature of the owners.

Scope and Contents note File contains material related to the Symphony of Many Cultures event. Materials include: "Record of the Proceedings," "A Record of Highland Park: A Symphony of Many Cultures," advertisement for the street fair September 24, 1978, minutes for the Operating Committee meeting July 25, 1978, correspondence, and newsletters.

Scope and Contents note File contains materials related to the snow storm of 1918, 1967 and 1979. Materials include: photographs, snow emergency memo from the city, and newspaper clippings.