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Receipts from Gourley Lumber and Duffy Insurance.

This series contains records relating to business in Highland Park, IL that are either prominent or business that conducted transactions with the city of Highland Park. This is an artificial series created by the Highland Park Historical Society. The dates range from the late 19th century to the early 21st century. The series contains brochures, photographs, business receipts, correspondence, and advertisements relating to business in Highland Park, chiefly arranged by business name.

File contains a b/w photograph of the Ace Hardware storefront.

Scope and Contents note File contains an advertisement for Winter's Tin Shop sheet metal and furnace work.

File contains a small calendar for October 1926 advertising the Mutual Coal Company.

Scope and Contents note File contains two b/w photos of Howard Copp. One photo shows Howard with Harold Copp. The other photo shows Howard standing with a little girl in front of a school bus.

File contains a b/w 8x10 photo of the store front of the Highland Park News office. The photo is from the early 20th century. There is also an article from the Chicago Tribune, "A precocious Orson Welles in Highland Park" from May 5, 1996. The article discusses the summer of 1928 when Welles lived in Highland Park and wrote for the Highland Park News.

Scope and Contents note File contains the newspaper article: "Allen Crane, man of the hour, takes his time in Highland Park" by Jodie Jacobs, published in the Chicago Tribune. Article discusses Time Gallery, a repository for mid 18th to mid 19th century clocks, run by Allen Crane.

Scope and Contents note File contains materials related to Sunset Foods grocery store. Materials include: photographs and negatives, an issue of What's Cooking Sunset Foods Customer Newsletter (January February 1997), 1999 calendar, newspaper articles, handheld fan advertising Sunset Foods and a paper Sunset Foods grocery bag.