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Scope and Contents note This file contains four documents (three are attached): no. 2328 Examination of Title to East 43 feet of Lot 5 and all of Lot 6 in Block 52 in Highland Park, Lake County, Ill., 1867-1894; no. 4370 Examination of Title East 43 feet of Lot 5 and West 7 feet of Lot 6 in Block 52 in Highland Park, 1894-1896; no. 5293 Abstract of Title to Easterly 43 feet of Lot 5and Westerly 7 feet Lot 6 Block 52 City of Highland Park,Lake County, Ills. for Miss J.L. Floyd, 1896-1908; no. 5495 Abstract of Title to Easterly 43 feet of Lot 5 and Westerly 7 feet of Lot 6 Block 52 City of Highland Park, Lake County, Illinois for Edgar M. Snow and Co., 1908; no. 17021 Abstract of title to Easterly 43 feet of Lot 5 and the Westerly 7 feet of Lot 6 in Block 52 in the City of Highland Park, Lake County, Illinois. Also the Westerly 17 feet of the Easterly 60 feet of Lot 5 in said Block 52, 1908-1918; no. 19451 Abstract of Title to Easterly 43 ft. of Lot 5 and the Westerly 7 ft. of Lot 6 in Block 52 in the City of Highland Park, 1908-1920; no. 19595 Abstract of Title to Easterly 60 ft. of Lot 5 and Westerly 7 ft. of Lot 6 Block 52, Highland Park, Lake County, Ills., 1918-1920; no. 21466 Abstract of Title to Easterly 60ft. of Lot 5 and Westerly 7 ft. Lot 6 Block 52 in the City of Highland Park Lake County Ill., 1920-1921.

"Choice lots and residences for sale. For maps and information apply at the Office of the Company, 154 Washington Street Chicago, Ill. or at the Highland Park House. Frank P. Hawkins, General Agent."

Scope and Contents note File contains 4 documents that are attached: Abstract of Title of North 1/2 Lot 22 and South 1/2 Lot 23 in Block 2 in Highland Park for Elizabeth Happ, 1868-1874; Examination of Title to the Northerly half of Lot 22 and the Southerly half of Lot 23 in Block 2 in the City of Highland Park, Lake County, Ill., 1874-1884; no. 3586 Examination of Title to the Northerly half of Lot 22 and the Southerly half of Lot 23 in Block 2, Highland Park, 1884-1894; no. 42143 Abstract of Title to Part of Lots 22 and 23 in Block 2 in Highland Park, 1894-1929

This series contains various information on the property in and around Highland Park, ranging in dates from 1869-1926, and topics such as lots, property assessments, and special assessments.

Scope and Contents note File contains material related to the history of Highland Park. Materials include: Newspaper articles, book excerpt from "A Guide to Chicago's Historic Suburbs on Wheels and on Foot", chronological history of Highland Park compiled in 1945, Interview with Mr. O. Olesen (March 9, 1934), Out of Town (book, 1869), reference report from the Chicago Historical Society on Highland Park, a list of familiar things from the 1880s and 1890s, written in 1955, excerpt from "2nd Book of the North Shore" (1911), "Early History of Skokie Valley and its Neighbors" by Harriet Joy Scheidenhelm, "What's in a Name? The Orgin of Place Names in Lake County, Illinois" by Diana Dretske, and photocopies of newspaper articles.