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This folder contains various images of buildings from around Highland Park. Below is a list of the items in this folder along with their dates and their accession numbers.

Winter Scene looking north from Central Ave. on Sheridan Rd. [taken by Robert Brand] [photocopy], 1869
Old City Hall, Built 1930, No Date
Highland Park Hotel with patrons standing outside on the first floor [framed], No Date

This series contains images of the Brand family at various events and gatherings. This series has also been separated into two folders due to the quantity of images. Below is a list of items included in this series accompanied by the respective dates and accession numbers.

Alice Brand Anniversary Party with names of guests on back, No Date
Postcard- outdoor party with everyone seated and eating (copy) (A.L.R.), 1908
Brand family at dinner with names on back, 1925
Out door party with everyone seated and eating at night (party from post card), No Date
Copy from above, No Date
Brand family in a barn, No Date
Mr. and Mrs. A.L.Rannings 20th wedding anniversary with whole family (Postcard), No Date
Copy from above, No Date
3rd copy, No Date
4th copy, No Date
5th copy, No Date
Grandma Brand with sons, daughters and their wives and husbands, No Date
"flash-light" taken at 11:30 pm Dec. 28th, 1896
"flash-light" taken at 11:30 pm Dec. 28th, 1896
"flash-light" taken at 11:30 pm Dec. 28th, 1896
"Yours truly O.B.Brand" Autographed Orson Brand picture, No Date
Orson Brand with mother, No Date
S. Brand, 1874
Miss Charlotte Brand, Music teacher (in home at piano and image of her home), No Date
Grandma Brand with sons and daughters, No Date
Copy from above, No Date
Orson Brand and wife family wedding portrait, No Date
4 generations of Brand family, No Date
Orson Brand in his photo studio, No Date
Leslie and Irving Brand (over exposed), No Date
Great Grandma Brand at 91 years old attached to winter image of her next to her home, 1920
Dug a well and 2 men are pulling water, image taken by Ray Brand, 1913
Dug a well and 3 men are pulling water, image taken by Ray Brand, 1913
Note with above 2 images "Pictures: Early scenes and people of the Philip Brand Family, who came to H.P. from Deerfield in 1883. The Brand Brothers Painting Firm was started in 1874.", No Date
Orson Brand's mother and another women outside his mothers home, No Date
Salome Brand Roeber, No Date
Brand family member inside their home next to their Christmas tree, No Date
Same woman as above image in different seated position, No Date
Salome Brand Roeber and older woman from the Christmas tree image sitting outside, No Date
Salome Brand outside, No Date
Leslie Brand Jr., 1956, 70-595-5
Salome Brand Roeber, No Date
Postcard- Grandma Brand age 91 casting her first ballot Nov. 7th, 1916
Copy from above, 1916
2nd copy from above, larger image, 1916
Postcard- Grandma brand age 91 at the polling place where she cast her first vote Nov. 7th, 1916, 69-338-1

This series contains images of the Brand family at various events and gatherings. This series has also been separated into two folders due to the quantity of images. Below is a list of items included in this series accompanied by the respective dates and accession numbers.

Alice Brand Anniversary Party with names of guests on back, No Date
Postcard- outdoor party with everyone seated and eating (copy) (A.L.R.), 1908
Brand family at dinner with names on back, 1925
Out door party with everyone seated and eating at night (party from post card), No Date
Copy from above, No Date
Brand family in a barn, No Date
Mr. and Mrs. A.L.Rannings 20th wedding anniversary with whole family (Postcard), No Date
Copy from above, No Date
3rd copy, No Date
4th copy, No Date
5th copy, No Date
Grandma Brand with sons, daughters and their wives and husbands, No Date
"flash-light" taken at 11:30 pm Dec. 28th, 1896
"flash-light" taken at 11:30 pm Dec. 28th, 1896
"flash-light" taken at 11:30 pm Dec. 28th, 1896

Portraits and other images of the Baker family, chiefly by Brand Studios, with detailed descriptions on versos.

This series contains images of the Brand family studios. It includes both the art studio and the photography studio. Below is a list of items included in this series accompanied by the respective dates and accession numbers.

Brand Photographer : 69-281
Brand Art Studio in winter, ca. 1900, 69-357-5
Brand Art Studio with 3 teamed wagon filled with 10 women and a driver, No Date
Brand Art Studio with bike out front, 1892
Brand Bros. House and carriage painting on S. 2nd St., with men standing outside, No Date
Copy from above (#6 George Brand, #1 Silas Brand) [the image is torn and slightly damaged], No Date, 67-168-1
Employees of Brand's Paint Store: Ernest Garling, Eli Ott, Otto Lawrentz (will paint the city's first water plant), 1891
Former Brand's Photo Studio on E. Central Ave.; later a real estate office, No Date

This folder contains images from around Highland Park. Below is a list of the items in this folder along with their dates and their accession numbers.

Starlin Auto Supply, No Date
Mills Meat Market, No Date
James Duffy City Express at Central and Sheridan, No Date
St. John and Central intersection facing east, No Date
Northwestern Café & Restaurant, 6-7-1917
Corner of St. John and Laurel looking north, No Date
Bank D.M. Ershine & Co. known as Central Hall, ca.1900-1907
Fancy Groceries, Millinery, & Clothing Store fronts, 1916, 70-595-7
Flercher Building and Post Office, 1900, 70-598-5
John Gourley's Lumber truck outside the United Farm Supply Store, ca. 1925
Peters Tire Shop, 1923, 69-81-1
Glassless Sunday 10am- looking east on Central Ave., 1918
Glassless Sunday 10am- looking east on Central Ave., 1918
St.John Ave. looking north from Laurel towards Central ave., ca. 1910
Baker and Green families, ca. 1910, 69-198-1
Central Ave. looking west of Rail Road Tracks, No Date
Looking north from Central ave. up Sheridan Rd. Formerly Port Clinton Ave., No Date, 70-598-3
Looking north from Central ave. up Sheridan Rd. Formerly Port Clinton Ave., No Date, 70-598-4
Raising of the flag pole, 1894
Grey Electric Company, No Date, 70-611-2
Highland Hotel front doors, No Date
Postcard- 2 women next to high piled snow on Central Ave., 1915, 69-344-2
George Tucker's grocery and meat market on Roger Williams Ave., ca. 1910, 67-224-1
Barber Shop with 2 men next to their chairs, No Date
Plumbing Shop, 1900, 69-357-1
Sonrley Lumber Co. on 1st St. and Elm, No Date
Albert Larson books and stationery store with Albert and Edwin Larson and Samuel Levin, No Date, 70-595-1
Highland Hall, No Date, 70-585-3
John Gourley's Lumber truck outside the United Farm Supply Store [holding his hat], ca. 1925
John Gourley's Lumber truck outside the United Farm Supply Store- double [torn corner], ca. 1925
Bank D.M. Ershine & Co. inside view with S.S. Johns, No Date, 70-262-1

This series contains materials used for advertisement by the Brand Brothers Studio. Below is a list of items included in this series accompanied by the respective dates.

Orson B. Brand photography advertisement/calling card, No Date
O.B. Brand photographer advertising calendar starting with August, 1898
O.B. Brand photographer advertising calendar starting with January, 1910
Advertisement for choosing a frame at the Brand studio, No Date

This series contains various clientele had by the Brand Brothers Studio. Below is a list of items included in this series accompanied by the respective dates and accession numbers.

Man in unitard standing with bike [possibly S.Brand], No Date
Woman in white dress and black shawl, with basket and fish, No Date
Play cast sitting in front of backdrop, No Date
Copy from above, No Date
Very large family picnic with tent in the background, No Date
Very large gathering of women and children, No Date
3 women with parasols and 3 men at a park, No Date
8 young women (possible Salome Brand last on right side), No Date
Woman with 3 little girls and 1 little boy in front of home on S. 1st St., ca. 1905, 72-23-1
John Parice storefront for plumbing, gas fitting, heating, and sewer building (torn in half), No Date
Berta Sthoerh [unsure of last names spelling], No Date
Man in army uniform with his rifle (9 images in all), No Date

Scope and Contents note This file contains photographs and supporting materials of the Yerkes Horse Trough located on the corner of Sheridan Road and Forest Ave. The newspaper articles contained within range from 1949 to 1987.