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This sub series contains images from the Shields family. Below is a list of the items in this folder along with their dates.

Viola Shields, 1895
Viola Shields, No Date

This folder contains images from in and around Highland Park. Below are a list of items that can be found in this folder with its associated date.

Intersection of St. Johns and Central (reprint), No Date
Ellen Cox on right at St. Johns and Walker Ave. standing with wagons children and dogs, ca. 1906
Inside view of a buildings construction site, No Date
Children playing dressup with the goose who layed the golden egg in a school hallway, No Date
Women exiting the Govenor of Illinois' helicopter, ca. 1960-1979
Group of men and their horses at a camp establised while building roads in Illinois (Photocopy), 1891
Older gentelman and his wife driving their car (Photocopy), No Date
Collage of early settelers to celebrating the 85th anniversary of Highland Park (Photocopy), 1954
Collage of early citizens to celebrate the 85th anniversary of Highland Park (Photocopy), 1954
Family in a car (Names on back- Herman, Joe, Margaret, Kay, Helen), ca.1900
4 children and 2 women posing in front of their home, No Date
Newspaper article about the Highland Park Hotel, 1944
Marcus Sparling, Roger Fenton's assistant, sittion on the wagon they used during the Crimean War, ca. 1853-1856
An Older woman, middle aged woman, and 2 children sit around a spindle preparing the different sections of making yarn, No Date
Highland Park Historical Society seasons greeting card, 1975
Intersection of St. Johns and Central, ca. 1899-1915
A Street lined with homes and a ravine with a parked car, No Date
Highland Park Fire Station No. 1 and Water Tower- image from 1943 (Photocopy from calendar), 1980
U.S.O. Building on Green Bay Rd. during W.W.II (Photocopy from calendar), 1980

New street sweeper parked in front of Fire and Police departments.

This collection is made up of general photographs from the Highland Park Historical Society archives. It is comprised of 17 (artificial_ series with 29 sub series. The series are divided into topics with the sub series dividing some of the larger series into more specific smaller topics, while remaining general. The topics that are covered in this collection include places, locations, buildings, negatives, and people. Many of the images were done at the Brand Brothers Studio in Highland Park. Their photographic contribution to the documentation of Highland Park through the years is vitally important and the majority of the images held by HPHS.