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Scope and Contents note File contains bills and business statements and correspondance between Deerfield Township and various businesses. Receipts include (not comprehensive): Deerfield Garage, Theo J. Knaak Prescription Druggist, W.A. Alexander and Co., Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York, M.A. Frantz Plumbing, Heating and Hardware, Deerfield Lumber Company, Lake County Oil, Lunham Bros. General Merchandise, Reliable Garage, P.J. Juhrend, R.E. Pettis Confectionery Cigars and Tobacco, a drainage easement agreement between East Skokie Drainage District and the Commissioners of Highways of the town of West Deerfield, receipts: Wessling Hardware Co., Active Stamp and Seal Works, S. Kostal General Blacksmithing and Horseshoeing, Philip Rommel Harness and Saddlery. File also includes "General Specifications for Bridge Work, prepared by the State of Illinois Department of Public Works and Buildings Division of Highways (April 1921).

File contains various photographs and negatives of various people. Some of the photographs are identified. Some notable identified photographs include: Miriam H. Fraw (?) taken October 28, 1879, Mayor Samuel Hastings, George T. Coonley, Highland Park Fire Chief (negatives), Milly Julian, Mrs. Wiegand, Mayor William Dooley, Witty's Ice Cream Store, Henry E. Coonley, John J. Coonley, Harry Lane and Cal Baver, Mrs. Karl A. Mayer, Emil Wiberg, Mayor Ronan, sketch of Alfred T. Meyer and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Pick Jr.

This file contains a paper researched by Franklin Bobbitt, entitled, "School Development in Highland Park" submitted March 10, 1925 at the University of Chicago. The paper is an overview of of school development in Highland Park, Illinois including a background on the population of Highland Park and the schools contained in the local school districts.