Scope and Contents note File contains material related to the tri-centennial re-enactment of the Joliet Marquette discovery of Illinois Country. File includes: postcards, a program of the event, created by the Illinois Paddling Council, nwspaper articles, an invitation to attend the Salute to the Marquette-Joliet Exploration, press release from the city of Highland Park, correspondance, list of participants in the expedition, photographs, expedition itinerary, momorada, list of items needed by Lasalle, and a community handbook.
Scope and Contents note File contains the manuscript of the article "Calumet" written by Mark Braun. Supporting materials are included such as a newspaper article correspondance regarding the Lady Elgin, correspondance from the Department of the Army regarding a notice of a public hearing, correspondance from the U.S. House of representatives regarding the construction of a breakwater in Highland Park, and correspondance from the Dept. of Treasury regarding the establishment of a Coast Guard Station in Highland Park.
File contains the articles of association and bylaws of the Port Clinton Ave. Imporvent Association. The document contains nine articles and six bylaws.
File contains identified photographs of people around Highland park. Notable photos include: the Carpenter's Union, Jenna Cannon Hyde, and Frank Cannon Hyde.
Guide Albert Larson’s n.d. Christian Science Reading Room n.d. Duffy Furniture Store n.d. Elgin Watch Store n.d. Erskine Bank n.d. F.W. Woolworth n.d. Harrison Whole Sale – 1960 Highland Park News n.d. Holmes Motor Co. n.d. LSFC Boat House n.d. Louis Santello Landscaping n.d. Louis Tazioli Excavating n.d. Movie Theater n.d. North Shore Auto Depot n.d. Onesti Bros. n.d. Stangers Service Station n.d. Wilsons n.d. Witty’s Ice Cream n.d.
This file contains records relating to automobiles. The file contains an automobile certificate, a vehile license, a larson Bros. receipt, Koon Bros. Garage receipt, ChandlerMotors receipt, a driver's license, an advertisement from Ravinia Motors, correspondence, car invoice, Ravinia Motors brochure advertising the Packard Clipper, retail order for a motor vehicle, leather envelope, photographs, and an advertisement from the Waukesha Motor Company.
File contains a manuscript, "A History of the First National Bank of Highland Park, Illinois written at the request of Mr. Robert Robinson, Pres. of the Highland Park Historical Society by Alice Conway, March 1 to 7th, 1967." Manuscript is 25 pages plus a page of reference sources, a page of Officers of the First National Bank, and a page of important dates in the bank history.
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.
