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The Lincoln Homestead, Springfield

US IlHpHS 1996.5-0464
Item
circa 1914-1931

Part of Jesse Lowe Smith Image Collection

A photograph taken of the Lincoln Homestead located in Springfield, Illinois, which is now a National Historic Site.

Coopers Leveling Plane (D.R. Barton 1832) (Rochester, NY) (MKT TD) (Maple)

US IlHpHS Eagle-001-027-01
Item
1832

Part of Walt Durbahn Museum Collection

Town of Saint Johns

Item
ca. 1845-1850

Part of Plats and maps

Gerhardt family records

US IlHpHS 2016.10.17
Collection
1846-1940

Records, chiefly regarding land indentures and deeds for Stupey and Gerhardt families in Highland Park, Illinois. Includes family correspondence and photo of Peter C. Stupey (1848-1928) and Highland Park families dressed for excursion to World's Fair, 1893

Gerhardt, Eva

Froe

US IlHpHS obj-Froe
Item
circa 1850-1880

Part of Artifacts collection

Tool, also known as a shake axe, used to split wood at the grain, especially for splitting shingles. Damaged, 2021-2011.

Map of additions to Port Clinton : Lake ...

Item
1850

Part of Plats and maps

Maroney, Thomas

US IlHpHS 2013.7-.001
Item
ca. 1862

Part of Moroney family collection

Buildings

US IlHpHS Visu.Fil-2.1
File
1869, No Date

Part of Highland Park film visual collection

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