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People

This series contains images of various people from in and around Highland Park. Below is a list of items contained in this series with their respective dates and accompanying secondary numbers.

3 men with sheet music, No Date, 1.4.1
2 men with cow, No Date, 1.5.1
Women in Phaeton, No Date, 1.6.1
Women in Phaeton, second image, No Date, 1.6.2
10 women sitting in a park, No Date, 2.1.1
Woman posing with trees on bank of a river, No Date, 2.1.2
Baby in buggy, No Date, 2.4.1
Man in woods by lake front, No Date, 2.5.1
Horse and buggy with driver in a stream, No Date, 2.7.2
Man on a horse in front of a home (sevier chip in bottom right corner), No Date, 2.8.1
3 children sitting in grass by a fence and tree line, No Date, 2.10.1
Men standing along a fence with 1 mounted (over exposed), No Date, 2.12.1
Moses family, No Date, 2.14.1 [Missing 8/23/2024]
Stallion Col. Okane owned by Dyer Bros., 8-15-1885, 2.15.1
Men on downed tree in flooded area, No Date, 2.16.1
Seated elderly couple, No Date, 2.18.1
People resting beneath a tree with wagons and horses, No Date, 2.17.1
People beside a 4 teamed wagon, No Date, 2.17.2
Man on horseback in wooded area (negative), No Date, 2.19.1 [Missing 8/23/2024]
Characters in Odepseus play given by fourth graders (has accompanying original sleeve), May 1911
Ritter and Hayner Meat Market, No Date
People at an outdoor party sitting and eating, No Date

Homes

This series contains images of various homes or people/animals/locations with homes in or around the image. Below is a list of items contained in this series with their respective dates and accompanying secondary numbers.

Serbian Church (2 exposures), 5-1-1932, 1.1.1
Log Cabin, No Date, 1.8.1
Log Cabin (11P), No Date, 1.8.2
Bridge over river with log cabin, No Date, 1.8.3
Home (over exposed), No Date, 2.9.1
Side of home with dog (over exposed), No Date, 2.11.1
Millard house (possibly Jesse Lowe Smith), No Date
1703 Chicago Ave. (Evanston, IL?) as in 1895-1911" ( broken), 1895-1911
Aerial view of Brand Studio with neighboring homes, No Date, 2.13.1

Tintypes and ferrotypes

Tintypes and ferrotypes that may include stock photography as well as family and theater images. Images of note include a Highland Park firefighter, an African-American, portraits and staged images.

A number of these photographs indicate Orson B Brand as photographer and appear to have been taken chiefly in the same studio with the same props. There are numerous images that appear to be self portraits by Brand.

Brand, Orson B

General

Legal documents, original German church book with translation, histories of the church, certificates and awards, directories of church members, wagon wheel quilt, vacation bible school files, newspaper clippings, financial records, and other materials related the church. The legal documents include constitutions, by-laws, and incorporation records as well as court cases involving the church. The quilt, made in 1896, was created as a fundraiser for the church.

Audio-visual

The series is comprised of VHS and audio cassettes from church activities. Includes a VHS copy of Sunday School Picnic movies from the 1930s; an audio cassette of Youth Night on December 9, 1973; 3 VHS and 3 audio cassettes of homecoming festivities on April 28, 1991 ; a Church inventory tape from May 16, 1996; and 1 untitled, undated audio cassette.

Publications

Monthly church newsletters with various titles, Sunday bulletins, Western Conference of Evangelical Congregational Church journals, disciplines, hymnals, and other printed materials. These materials document both the worship practices and activities of the church in Highland Park, Illinois, and the national and regional church conferences the Evangelical Congregational Church.

Photographs

Photographs of the church buildings, congregation, and church activities. Includes framed photograph of 50th Anniversary of first couple married at the church, Fred and Hulda Botker. Also includes photo cuts of interiors of the church and the Christian Education Building.

Memorabilia

Correspondence, publications, news clippings, financial records, legal documents, and other materials about church activities and operations. Also includes information about the national church organizations the Highland Park church was affiliated with.

Special Days

Materials documenting special events at the church including church anniversaries, dedication of the Christian Education Building, mother-daughter banquets, and homecoming celebrations. Includes correspondence, booklets, guest books, photographs, programs, and other memorabilia.

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