Highland Park History

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1948

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

Highland Park Auxiliary of the Cradle

Fiftieth anniversary : Highland Park High School : formerly Deerfield-Shields Township High School, originally Deerfield Township High School Highland Park, Illinois 1890-1940

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1940

No. 28 Brick from Ft. Sheridan Hospital built in 1892 : Made from clay pits onsite and fired on post.

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1892

Commemorative brick created after closure of Fort Sheridan military base in 1993.

Fort Sheridan (Ill.).

Highland Park Athletic Club postcard

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ca. 1914-1917

Postcard to Esther Nipp(?) at Willard Hall from John [Gallahger], Peter, Joe et al.
"Esty, -- We miss you. Come back for the game Saturday. Boo Rah Rah."

s.n.

Highland Park Bottling Company Bottle

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ca. 1923-1929

Bottle from local bottling company.

Highland Park Beverage Company. Smith and Kropp. Highland Park, IL.

Finian's rainbow

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1954

Helen Gallahgher in "Finian's Rainbow" perfomed by the Music Theater opeated by the Northshore Community Opera Assoicaltion. Starring the resident company of the Music Theater (Highland Park, Illinois).

Music Theater (Highland Park, Ill.)

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

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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