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Highland Park B/W photo scrapbook documenting building of house on Lake Michigan in Highland Park, Illinois. Architects, builders, interior and exterior are featured with detailed descriptions. The house, located at 2445 Woodbridge, was built by the Lawerence Stein family.

Government guide for residents of the formerly independent Ravinia, Illinois.

Specifications for Sylvester Millard House in Highland Park, Illinois. Cover page reads "Carpentry corrected no. 2. Specifications for of the Material and labor to be used and employed in the erection of a log cabin to be erected for S. M. Millard, Esq."

Scrapbook of professional photographs of Highland Park home interior and exterior in Central and Laurel Avenues area. Images on the interior wall include a young man in a Northwestern Military Academy Uniform, pendants for the academy and the University of Michigan and hunting ephemera.

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.

Article "Advantages of owning club outweigh disadvantages" discusses Highland Park club.

The map shows Highland Park and its vicinity. This map has been revised three times: June 3, 1955 by NJP, April 6, 1962 by PEC, and March 2, 1965 by CAM and JLH. The map includes dis-annexed and annexed ordinances and the dates they were passed. The map is presented on vinyl-like material that is translucent.

The Stupey family tree starts with Francis Stupey (1815-1890) and his wife, Margaretha Rectenwald (1818-1868). It includes Francis Stupey's second marriage to Rosa Ciechanowski in 1872 and Rosa's second marriage to Gerhardt. The family tree was issued September 24, 1983 and revised December 4, 1983. It was compiled by Joseph H. Stupey 1010 139th PL N.E. Bellevue,Washington.