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Ravine Drive

US IlHpHS high.kod-159
Item
circa 1970-1979

Part of Highland Park Kodachrome Slide Collection

Arbored road descending ravine.

Burus Cabin

US IlHpHS log.str-N1
Item
circa 1880-1899

Part of Log structures

Verso reads "The Old Burns cabin (ill.) on the Swift Farm west side of Ridge road."

Botanical : Yellow Lady's Slipper

US IlHpHS 1996.5-3.0574
Item
circa 1910-1927

Part of Jesse Lowe Smith Image Collection

Hand-colored photograph of a Yellow Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum).

Autumn in the sixth ravine/ photographed by E.E. Parratt ; colored by Charlotte Pinkerton

US IlHpHS 1996.5-1-1013
Item
1907-10-19

Part of Jesse Lowe Smith Image Collection

A hand-colored photograph of a scenic landscape taken inside of a ravine.

Squirrel picture from 2nd floor window at 730 N St. Johns Ave.

US IlHpHS 1996.5-1-0466
Item
circa 1924

Part of Jesse Lowe Smith Image Collection

Squirrel Picture From 2nd Floor Window at 730 (2494 in 2023) N. St. Johns. Ave. Remarks: Plate missing as noted: 11/2/70.

The East Wind

US IlHpHS obj-east.win
Item
circa 1934

Part of Artifacts collection

Oil in canvas painting depicting wind sweeping over a lightly forested prairie. Plaque reads "In Memory of Martha Wood Wolff." 68.5 x 57.0 cm.

Wilder, Tom Milton

Ravinia Woods

US IlHpHS obj-1982.ravi.woo
Item
1930

Part of Artifacts collection

Painting of woods landscape in Ravinia. Donated by Arthur and Phyllis Dubin, 1982

Seymour, Ralph Fletcher

Central Ave. Beach House

US IlHpHS obj-2011.10.29
Item
circa 1920s

Part of Artifacts collection

Ice cream shop owned and operated by Anthony Lencioni. Displayed as part of the Highland Park Historical Society 50th Anniversary exhibit at the City of Highland Park City Hall, 2016-2017.

unknown