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Brief biography and detailed narrative of training and Pacific War Theater, 1942-1945 of "Grandpa" Sy Bortz.
Bortz, Seymour A. (Sy)
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Brief biography and detailed narrative of training and Pacific War Theater, 1942-1945 of "Grandpa" Sy Bortz.
Bortz, Seymour A. (Sy)
Highland Park, Illinois (Prior to 1910)
Hand-drawn map with a key to 60 local businesses and a note "To Mr. Lundgren's knowledge, the oldest continuing business in Highland Park is the Earl W. Gsell & Co. It was first known in 1872 as Kurkee & Cummings ; later Cummings ; and then Earl W. Gsell. In 1923, a partnership was formed with Earl W. Gsell and Oscar L. Lundgren, retaining the Earl W. Gsell name. After Mr. Gsell's demise, the business continued in the same with Oscar L. Lundgren sole owner. The three stores were sold to Caesar A. Garibaldi in 1974 who continues the business in the same name. The business is now 107 years old. Prepared by Oscar L. Lundgren (signed), July 1979.
Lundgren, Oscar L.
North Shore Yacht Club, records
The North Shore Yacht Club collection is comprised of photographic images, financial ledgers, membership rosters and surveys, race information, safety and procedural instructions, Yacht Club publications, and scrapbooks The scrapbooks document the activities of the North Shore Yacht Club from 1929 through 2005; with the bulk of scrapbooks dating from 1930 to 1970. "Breeze" (Box 1), the Yacht Club's newsletter and the Harbor Study documents pertaining to beach erosion in Highland Park (Box 2.11) document the activities and goals of the organization. Administrative files and publications can be found in Boxes 1-. Visual materials are located in Boxes 4-8.
North Shore Yacht Club. (Highland Park, Ill).
This collection visually documents 1926 granite War Memorial, in Memorial Park, Highland Park, Illinois designed and installed by James Cady Ewell. Photo negatives show the creation of the sculpture in studio and the final installation.
The collection also includes family history excerpts from Ewell's and Crafts Dudley Watson's biographies and a sound disc of a talk by Watson rerecorded by Watson (and Cady Ewell's) grandson.
Watson also lived and worked in Highland Park, Illinois and was the maternal grandfather of the donor.
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Ewell, James Cady
Highland Park Defense Council Records
Minutes, correspondence, by-laws and other records from the local defense council formed in response to World War I.
Highland Park Defense Council.
Insurance map of Highland Park, including Highwood, Illinois, published by the Sanborn Map Company
Sanborn Map Company.
The Herman family collection contains a 1922 map of Highland Park, ephemera and Sparks, a newsletter published by the Elm Place School in Highland Park.
Herman, Midge Murray