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Autographed cookery

  • US IlHpHS 2013.8
  • Item
  • 1948

Cookbook created by Highland Park Auxiliary of the Cradle, adoption agency based in Evanston, Illinois.

Highland Park Auxiliary of the Cradle

Highland Park Public Schools diploma

  • 2014.8.31
  • Item
  • 1924-06-17

Presented to Lenora E. Juhrend upon successful completion of studies at Elm Place School and admission to high school.

Highland Park School Districts

Highland Park, Illinois (Prior to 1910)

  • US IHigp 2017.3
  • Item
  • 1979

Hand-drawn map with a key to 60 local businesses and a note "To Mr. Lundgren's knowledge, the oldest continuing business in Highland Park is the Earl W. Gsell & Co. It was first known in 1872 as Kurkee & Cummings ; later Cummings ; and then Earl W. Gsell. In 1923, a partnership was formed with Earl W. Gsell and Oscar L. Lundgren, retaining the Earl W. Gsell name. After Mr. Gsell's demise, the business continued in the same with Oscar L. Lundgren sole owner. The three stores were sold to Caesar A. Garibaldi in 1974 who continues the business in the same name. The business is now 107 years old. Prepared by Oscar L. Lundgren (signed), July 1979.

Lundgren, Oscar L.

Ravinia poster

  • US IlHpHS R2012-15
  • Item
  • n.d.

This is a black and white Ravinia poster. It shows a hand sticking out of a podium holding a conducting baton in front of what looks like orchestra seats.

Ravinia Festival (?)

Julius Rosenwald : the man who built Sears, Roebuck and advanced the cause of Black education in the American South

  • US IlHpHS 2012.10
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  • 2006

Youth and first business ventures, 1862-1895 -- Early Sears years, 1895-1908 -- Blacks, politics, and philanthropy, 1908-1912 -- Black schools, political attacks, and the profit sharing plan, 1912-1916 -- World War I, 1916-1918 -- The rescue of Sears and the consolidation of philanthropic endeavors, 1919-1924 -- New philanthropic ventures, 1924-1928 -- The Julius Rosenwald Fund, Hoover, and the Depression, 1928-1930 -- Final year and postmortem, 1931-1949 -- Conclusion.

Ascoli, Peter Max, 1942

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