- US IlHpHS log.str-N1
- Item
- circa 1880-1899
Part of Log structures
Verso reads "The Old Burns cabin (ill.) on the Swift Farm west side of Ridge road."
Part of Log structures
Verso reads "The Old Burns cabin (ill.) on the Swift Farm west side of Ridge road."
Part of Glass slides collection
Looking east on Central Ave. across railroad tracks with view MacDonald's ( McDonald ) Store. Erskine Bank opened in the building a few years later.
Goldburg Place : on Road to Deerfield
Part of Log structures
Verso reads "Another barn cabin back of the brick house West of C&N track on road from HPark to Deerfield. I thinkg someone called the place Goldbergs. Martin barn."
Part of Log structures
Verso reads Lamb's in section 16 West of Highwood north fo C & N track way off from the main road."
Cadet's uniform : Northwestern Military Academy
Part of Artifacts collection
Blue cadet's uniform tunic from Northwestern Military Academy, formerly located on Ravine Drive, Highland Park, Illinois.. 60 x 43 x 14 cm.
Northwestern Military Academy (Highland Park, Ill.)
Geo. B Cummings, Druggist, Highland Park
Part of Artifacts collection
Medicine bottle. 13.5 cm. (h.)
Cummings, Geo. B
Part of Artifacts collection
Pieced, possibly for a woman's circle of the (First) Baptist Church or the first Evangelical Congregational Church. This 1895 block quilt of wagon wheels is an early example community fundraising in Highland Park, Illinois. It contains 564 names. A wheel's center name is probably the church or missionary member sewing that section with the names in the spokes being subscribers to her wheel. 192 x 190 cm.
Part of Artifacts collection
Two-piece Blue woolen swim costume with skirt belonged to one Fannie Everett. 88 x 44 cm.
Part of Artifacts collection
Triangle based pattern quilt patched in pinks, yellows, reds, blues, browns; as well as a think blue checkered backing interspersed with a pink floral design. 203 x 203 cm. Faded, worn and partially torn. Tag denotes quilt style.
Part of Artifacts collection
Brown, red, blue, and green quilt with a solid black and blue checkered backing contains the following names imprinted on the top side: H. Ashley, Alina Hewitt, Mr. John P. Hirtle, Elma J. Hewitt, and Franciene N. Hill. 192 x 130 cm. Faded.