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Building the house

  • US IlHpHS buil.hou
  • Item
  • 1929-1930

Highland Park B/W photo scrapbook documenting building of house on Lake Michigan in Highland Park, Illinois. Architects, builders, interior and exterior are featured with detailed descriptions. The house, located at 2445 Woodbridge, was built by the Lawerence Stein family.

Stein family

Business series

  • US IlHpHS busi.ser
  • Series
  • 1864-2008

This series contains records relating to business in Highland Park, IL that are either prominent or business that conducted transactions with the city of Highland Park. This is an artificial series created by the Highland Park Historical Society. The dates range from the late 19th century to the early 21st century. The series contains brochures, photographs, business receipts, correspondence, and advertisements relating to business in Highland Park, chiefly arranged by business name.

Highland Park Historical Society

Chaplain George D. Rice Lantern slides

  • US IlHpHS chap.ric
  • Collection
  • 1890 - 1920

The collection is comprised of 470 lantern slides positives, chiefly in black and white. The slides range in date from the late 1890’s to the mid-1910’s. The largest series (93 slides) are illustrated biblical passages of the Old Testament. The collection also comprises images of the Spanish-American War, the U.S. Navy, the Wreck of the Maine in Havana, Cuba (1898), the Battle of Bacolod (1902), and the Second Boer War (1899-1902). Included in the slides are images of China, Alaska, Cuba, Philippines, and several unidentified locations and portraits.

Rice, Chaplain George D.

Charles Mason, papers

  • US IlHpHS maso.cha
  • File
  • 1944-1946

Soldiers letters, chiefly to Highland Park High School principal and community activist Charles Mason.

Mason, Charles

Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad photograph collection

  • US IlHpHS cnmr.ima
  • Collection
  • 1923-1925

Original glass slide images of the Chicago and Milwaukee line maintenance, construction et al. (current and former) in Ravinia, Highland Park and Highwood, Illinois.

Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad

Chief Fire Marshall's belt

  • US IlHpHS 2014.5
  • Item
  • circa 1899

Belt worn by Andrew Bock, Chief Fire Marshall of the Highland Park Fire Deprtment. Raised, embossed leather reads "Chief" on front and raised, embossed letters "HPFD" on fastner.

Highland Park Fire Department.

Cobb Family Collection

  • US IlHpHS 67-347.673-48.67-68
  • Collection
  • 1917-1918

Correspondence regarding Cobb familly and other Highland Park, Illinois participants in the "Great War," 1914-1918.

Cobb family

Cobb Family Collection

  • US IlHpHS 2015.9
  • Collection
  • 1882-1952

The collection consists of family correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, a copper engraving plate, programs and a United States Army honorable discharge certificate to Daniel L. Cobb.

Cobb family

Commercial Development Northwest Corner of Central Ave. and First Street, Highland Park, Illinois

  • US IlHpHS Comm.dev
  • Collection
  • 1962-1964

This collection includes plans for commercial development on the northwest corner of Central Ave. and First St. in Highland Park, Illinois. The plans included cover various floors in the building, parking, signage, electrical, mechanical and revised plans. The dates of the plans range from October 23, 1962 until May 7, 1964. The architects for the plans were Loebl, Schlossman, and Bennett, Chicago, Illinois.

Bennett, Richard Marsh, 1907-1996

Community cookbook collection

  • US IlHpHS comm.coo
  • Collection
  • 1909-1996

Cookbooks from display at Jean Butz House museum. Arrangement is chronological.

Highland Park Historical Society

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