This collection visually documents 1926 granite War Memorial, in Memorial Park, Highland Park, Illinois designed and installed by James Cady Ewell. Photo negatives show the creation of the sculpture in studio and the final installation.
The collection also includes family history excerpts from Ewell's and Crafts Dudley Watson's biographies and a sound disc of a talk by Watson rerecorded by Watson (and Cady Ewell's) grandson.
Watson also lived and worked in Highland Park, Illinois and was the maternal grandfather of the donor. .
Blueprint of the Reinforced Concrete Arch Span in Baird and Warner's Addition to Deere Park Subdivision in SE 1/4 of SW1/4 & SW1/4 of SE1/4 Froc. Sec. 31, T43N, R.13E. of 3rd PM. Highland Park, Lake County, Illinois, April 27, 1926. The plans include at half section and half elevation and the different cross sections.
The Herman family collection contains a 1922 map of Highland Park, ephemera and Sparks, a newsletter published by the Elm Place School in Highland Park.
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.
File, arranged by topic, contains postcards related places and events in Highland Park, Illinois, including the the Bob O'Link Country Club, Exmoor Country Club, Highland Park Club, Masonic Temple, and the Sunset Valley Golf Club. Photographers and printers include the Brand Brothers' studio and other local and national printers.
