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Scope and Contents note The specifications for the residence includes General Conditions; Masonry; Carpentry, Millwork and Cabinetry; Electrical Wiring; Plastering; PLumbing; Heating; Sheet Metal, Roofing and Driveway; Painting and Decorating. The document is dated February 1956.

This folder contains various images of churches from around Highland Park. Below is a list of the items in this folder along with their dates and their accession numbers.

Y.M.C.A. Group sitting in and standing next to a car [organizations and churches], No Date, 67-231-17
Boy scout troup with Jesse Lowe Smith in the lead [torn corner], No Date, 67-231-13
Postcard- Army and Navy Center in Highland Park, No Date
Fire Department, 1917
St. Mary's Catholic Church on Green Bay Rd., No Date, 69-341-4
St. Mary's Catholic Church after a fire, ca. 1907-1908, 70-261-1
St. Mary's Catholic Church, No Date, 69-341-3
Highland Park Presbyterian Church, ca. 1920
First United Evangelical Church, No Date
Zion Lutheran Church, No Date, 69-340-2
The congregation of a church, No Date
The congregation of a church, No Date
First Baptist Church on Laurel Ave., ca. 1908
A large 2 story brick Italianate style church, 1920
First Presbyterian Church [taken by Brand Studios", No Date

This folder contains various images of bridges from around Highland Park. Below is a list of the items in this folder along with their dates and their accession numbers.

Posibly the Waverly Bridge, No Date
Early style wooden bridge with a man fishing, No Date
Early wooden bridge being connected to a modern bridge [news article], 1942
Early style wooden bridge with homes in the background, No Date
Bridge over ravine at Port Clinton, No Date
Hazel Ave. bridge, No Date
Forest Ave. bridge, 1910
Photocopy of 4 postcards- Wildwood, Egandale, Beach trail, and Waverly Ave. [2 are in color], No Date
3 page newspaper story [photocopied] about bridge repairs, 1981
Photocopy of "One of the many pretty drives", No Date
Photocopy of East Central Ave. bridge, No Date
Photocopy of Egandale wooden bridge, No Date
Photocopy of Waverly Ave. bridge, No Date
Newspaper article of Bicycle bridge, No Date
Proposed trunk sanitary sewer and bridge replacement program, 1957
2 page newspaper article of people's varring uses of an overpass, 1965
Early style wooden bridge with a man fishing [copy of first image], No Date
Moraine bridge construction, with child climbing on scaffolding, No Date

This folder contains various images of transportation from around Highland Park. Below is a list of the items in this folder along with their dates and their accession numbers.

Cobb family going for a sleigh ride, 1909, 67-320-4
Teamed delivery wagon, No Date, 70-259-1
Postcard- Older gentelman in a Phaton on a farm, No Date
Artie Booth Denzel with a wagon, No Date
Anthony O'Donnell and Clarence Pfister working as repairmen for Illinois Bell, 1910, 69-329-3
Postcard- Mr. and Mrs. Oheaher (sp) in their Phaeton, No Date, 70-708-1
Exmoor Country Club taxi, No Date, 70-210-2
Denzel Wagon single shaft, No Date
Jimmy Findley with Denzel Truck with lights, ca. 1910
Public Serive Co. of Highland Park at picnic, 9-7-1916

Scope and Contents note File contains receipt and statements relating to cars. Materials include: a hat that advertises the Ford Falcon, bill for Tillman's Service Station, vehicle license, cancelled checks, receipt for A.G. McPherson, receipts for Purnell and Wilson Ford Products and an issue of "The Highway Magazine" (February 1934).

File contains a b/w 8x10 photo of the store front of the Highland Park News office. The photo is from the early 20th century. There is also an article from the Chicago Tribune, "A precocious Orson Welles in Highland Park" from May 5, 1996. The article discusses the summer of 1928 when Welles lived in Highland Park and wrote for the Highland Park News.

Scope and Contents note File contains two b/w photos of Howard Copp. One photo shows Howard with Harold Copp. The other photo shows Howard standing with a little girl in front of a school bus.

Scope and Contents note File contains an invitation from the Northern Trust Bank to the opening celebration of the Highland Park Financial Center Tuesday May 24, 1994.

Scope and Contents note File contains a paper pad from Fred Clow Contractor and Builder.