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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 series contains images of men. Below is a list of the items in this folder along with their dates.

Young man in military uniform, No Date
Middle aged man in military uniform, No Date
Middle aged man with long beard, No Date
Youth with checkered bow-tie, No Date
Young man with mustache, 1849
Middle aged man with mustache, No Date
Older gentelman with a large beard, faces left (Brand Studio), No Date
Young man with 3 piece suit, No Date
James Fugar (sp), No Date
Young man in wool over coat, No Date
Middle aged man in wool over coat with mustasche and mutton chops, No Date
Middle aged man in a suit coat with a mustache, No Date
Older man with large beard and loose bow-tie, No Date

There are two blueprint maps. The first shows the town of St. Johns c. 1850. The second shows a blueprint map of additions to Port Clinton Lake County Illinois. Original plat surveyed by Geo. Gage Jan. 1850. 1st Addition surveyed Jan. 1851 and Oct. 1852.

This collection is made up of general photographs from the Highland Park Historical Society archives. It is comprised of 17 (artificial_ series with 29 sub series. The series are divided into topics with the sub series dividing some of the larger series into more specific smaller topics, while remaining general. The topics that are covered in this collection include places, locations, buildings, negatives, and people. Many of the images were done at the Brand Brothers Studio in Highland Park. Their photographic contribution to the documentation of Highland Park through the years is vitally important and the majority of the images held by HPHS.

Images of Highland Park, a physical accretion to the Visual Photograph collection.

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 series contains photographs of family taking portraits. These images also have the possibility to be general large groups of peoples talking an individual image. Below is a list of the items in this folder along with their dates.

Fritz Bahr Family, No Date
Family on steps of an A-frame home, No Date
Large group of people in front of home, No Date
Shields family, No Date
Mayor Daniel Cobb and family, No Date
Older gentleman and woman with younger woman and toddler, No Date
6 women all in the same black outfit, No Date
William griffin, Mary J. Maxwell, Mr. and Mrs. William Griffin, No Date
3 women in white with flowers and 3 men in dark suits (tintype in daguerreotype case), ca. 1857
Husband and wife with 3 daughters and 1 son, No Date
2 young women in white, No Date
Husband and wife with 2 daughters and 1 son, No Date
Wedding photograph with man and wife, No Date
Elderly gentleman with 2 younger women, No Date
Elderly gentleman with younger women and toddler, No Date