Highland Park History

US IlHpHS obj-east.win
Item
circa 1934

Oil in canvas painting depicting wind sweeping over a lightly forested prairie. Plaque reads "In Memory of Martha Wood Wolff." 68.5 x 57.0 cm.

Wilder, Tom Milton

In the afternoon

US IlHpHS obj-inth.eaf
undated

Part of Artifacts collection

Landscape of autumn trees and hills in gilt frame. 48 x 41 cm.

Wilder, Tom Milton

Walgreen´s Celebrate 100 Years

US IlHpHS obj-walg.cele
Item
2001

Part of Artifacts collection

Large broadside encapsulates the 100 years that Walgreens spent as part of the Highland Park community, and lists other stores in the same location at the north west corner of First Street and Central Avenue in Highland Park, Illinois. 21 x 78 x 1.5 cm.

Certificate

US IlHpHS obj-mili.ord
Item

Part of Artifacts collection

Certificate issued by the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States admitting Captain Otho H. Morgan, Capt. 7th Indiana Volunteer Battery.

Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States

Hat

US IlHpHS obj-lyly.2
Item

Part of Artifacts collection

Aqua cloche style hat. Wool (?) with lining. 26 cm.

Lyla (Deerfield, Ill.)

Beaded and needlepoint

US IlHpHS obj-bead.nee
1880

Part of Artifacts collection

Beaded needle point panel features a woman sewing with a young child in the forefront and dog. It crafted made by Mary Cole, great aunt of Samuel Steinman and Robert Leopold of Highland Park. Card reads "Beaded needlepoint picture given by Samuel Steinman of Highland Park. Picture done by Mary Cole, born 1842 died 1900. Mary Cole was Samuel Steinman's great aunt and also an aunt of Robert Leopold of Highland Park. Mary Cole was married to Henry Cole." 63.5 x 52.0 cm. Dose appraisal no. 183.

Cole, Mary