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Highland Park Centennial Collection
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Highland Park Centennial Collection

  • US IlHpHS Cent.col
  • Collection
  • 1959-1976

This collection, created by the Highland Park Historical Society, contains materials relating to Highland Park's centennial celebration in 1969. The collection includes memorabilia such as stickers, candle holders, and wooden nickels, the Centennial Anniversary Dinner programs, manuscripts for publications about Highland Park history, especially in reference to its centennial, special editions of local news publications covering the centennial, news clippings, and the centennial banner.

Highland Park Chamber of Commerce

2.3 Centennial Dinner Photographs

Scope and Contents note File contains materials related to the Highland Park Centennial Anniversary Dinner in 1969. Materials include: table number cards, newspaper articles, remarks by Henry X. Arenberg, b/w photographs, negatives, photo contact sheets,invitation to the centennial dinner, and centennial dinner program. Photgraphs are taken by Jerry Howard.

2.2 Centennial Commission

File contains materials related to the Highland Park Centennial Commission. Materials include: Newspaper articles, Highland Park Centennial Commission presents The Flute and Fiddle Club "A Concert of the Century" program, hundredth birthday card to Mayor Lawton from the city staff, memo to the mayor and City Councilmen, correspondence, press release about the centennial, list of Centennial Commission officers and committee members. There are three images from the "World's Gravity Grand Prix" and a press release. The materials in this file are from 1967-1969.

2.1 Centennial Events

Scope and Contents note File contains material relating the the Highland Park centennial celebration in 1969. Materials include: a reservation card to the centennial dinner, newspaper articles, First Day Cancellation envelopes, advertisements for the First National Bank, "Congratulations" cards from Mr. Joseph Liquor Cabinet, a program from the Centennial Community Thanksgiving Service, Highland park Historical Society newsletter (1969).

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