Highland Park History

US IlHpHS titl.dee
Collection
1839-1966

This is an artificial collection created by the Highland Park Historical Society. Much of the donor information for the collection is unknown. The contents of the collection includes abstracts and examinations of title and deeds of warranty and/ or mortgages relating to the Highland Park area. The dates of the materials span from circa 1839-1934.

Chicago Title and Trust Company.

Tom Williams Collection

US IHigp 2013.02.14
Collection
circa 1950-1963

Playbills, photos. clipping and correspondence regarding actor's tenure at local venues, including The Music Theater (located adjacent to Villa Moderne) and the Tenthouse Theater in the Round. Photograph subjects include Mayele Gabor; Bill Krott (Stage Manager) ; David Tihmar (Director); Jimmy Kommack; Bill Hayes; Lisa Drake; and Ward Orhman; Monica Van Vooren; and Tom Williams as well as pictures of the Men's Chorus room exterior and interior; the Music Theater; the Theater in the Round in season and before demolition; and the Villa Moderne. Original order has been maintained. Correspondence copies with the Library have been kept physically in the collection.
Addtionally, there are 2 broadsides, 1 framed, for 1954 productions of "Anything Goes" and "Showboat" at the Music Theater, billed as "Chicago's Theater in the Country."

Williams, Tom

[Tomb -- Faith India King(?)]

US IlHpHS 1996.5-6.0796
Item

Part of Jesse Lowe Smith Image Collection

A black and white photograph taken of an unidentified tomb or monument in India by Jesse Lowe Smith.

Tomb -- Faith India King(?)/ produced by McIntosh Stereopticon Co., Chicago

US IlHpHS 1996.5-5.0724
Item

Part of Jesse Lowe Smith Image Collection

A black and white photograph of a tomb in India. It's name and location were not denoted.

Tomb at Mt. Vernon

US IlHpHS 1996.5-0393
Item
1911-08-16

Part of Jesse Lowe Smith Image Collection

Another view taken of the Tomb of George and Martha Washington at Mount Vernon.

Tomb at Mt. Vernon

Item
1911-08-16

Part of Jesse Lowe Smith Image Collection

Tomb at Mt. Vernon (side view);

Item
1911-08-16

Part of Jesse Lowe Smith Image Collection

A side view taken of the Tomb of George and Martha Washington at Mt. Vernon.

Tomb of Little St. Clair Pollack "An amiable child"

US IlHpHS 1996.5-0326
Item
1911-08-22

Part of Jesse Lowe Smith Image Collection

A black and white photograph taken of the Tomb of Little St. Clair Pollock, which was erected to memorialize the passing of a child who fell to their death on that property when they were five years old. This property was eventually sold with the stipulation that the memorial be kept; the property eventually was acquired by New York City as part of what is now Riverside Park.