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This folder contains various images of pioneers from around Highland Park. Below is a list of the items in this folder along with their dates and their accession numbers.

Railroad conductor standing on the train platform, No Date
8 children preparing to play catch, No Date, 69-102-2
Postcard- Woman taking notes outside the train station, No Date
Postcard- Older gentleman and a seated group of women and children in front of their homes, No Date
Old shed on the alley between St. Johns and Linden ave., No Date, 70-458-1
First School originally Port Clinton but currently known as Elm Place, No Date, 67-108-34
C&ME No. 127 going north passing Laurel Ave., ca. 1912
Group picture of women and children, 8-29-1892
First School originally Port Clinton but currently known as Elm Place [copy], No Date
Old wooden barn originally owned by Chicago Historical Society, No Date, 67-108-29c
Brand Bros original paint shop [copy], ca. 1871, 69-351-1
Elm Place School, No Date, 67-111-2
Aerial view of train station, No Date, 70-6-1
Port Clinton School with class standing out front, No Date, 67-151-1
Train station with men waiting for a train, No Date, 70-589-4
Fairview School with class standing outside, 1890, 69-428-1
A view from a rooftop facing west, No Date
Highland Park News with 4 workers standing outside, No Date
Employees of Brand's paint store- Ernest Garling, Eli Ott, Otto Lawrentz, 1895
A view from a rooftop facing east, 1876
Moses Northwestern Department Store on N.W. corner of Central and First St., 1895
Photocopied newspaper article on Moses Northwestern Department Store, 3-11-1969
Highland Park News on St. Johns north of the Present bank, No Date
Brand Art Studio with 2 men standing outside, 1893
Highland Hall at St. Johns and Ravine Dr., No Date
A rock commemorating Capt. Daniel Wright the first settler in Lake County, 1909, 67-242-1
Gray Electric Plant at Beach St., No Date, 69-268-3
Fairview Subdivision, 1895
Highland Park business men, 1898
McDonald's Hall [taken by O.B.Brand] at St. Johns and Central, 1879
MacDonald's Hall [taken by O.B.Brand] at St. Johns and Central, 1890, 69-426-1
St. Johns and Central with brick buildings and busier streets, No Date
St. Johns and Central taken from roof top looking towards MacDonald's Hall, ca.1880
First Fire Chief Andrew Block, December 1889
Ravinia Baseball Stadium, No Date
Horse trough at Forest and Sheridan, No Date
Old Thompson block at the S.E. corner of Central and St. Johns, No Date, 67-393-1
Moses Northwestern Department Store on Central Ave., No Date, 69-357-4
First City Hall building [present site of Community Center], 1898

This sub series contains images of the landscape. Not all the images may be of Highland Park. Below is a list of the items in this folder along with their dates.

First Bus Line, 1892
Route 22, Half Day Rd.- open field, No Date
Large tower, No Date
Barn with silo taken from orchard view, No Date

This sub series also contains oversize images of the landscape. Below is a list of the items in this folder along with their dates.

Photograph of Skokie Lagoons by Richard Edwards, No Date
aerial view of Highland Park facing south, No Date
aerial view of Highland Park facing south, No Date
Aerial view of Highland Park, 4-28-1967
Jesse Lowe Smith Foley's Pond, No Date
Jesse Lowe Smith Flood time Des Plaines River, No Date
Jesse Lowe Smith Along the Des Plaines River, No Date
Aerial view of Highland Park, No Date
Aerial view of Highland Park, No Date

This series contains all the newspapers and news clippings associated with the photograph collection. Many items are clippings, where some items are whole newspaper sections. Below is a list of the items in this folder along with their dates.

Newspaper, 1999
Aerial of highland park, No Date
15 photocopies of newspaper clippings, No Date
Origins of Highland Park, No Date
Stupey Cabin, No Date

This folder contains general images of various HP businesses. Below is a list of the items in this folder along with their dates and their accession numbers.

Charles Sheahen (left side only) Mandell Bros. (Chicago) delivery wagon and horse and Mr. Charles Sheahen of HP driver, No Date, 70-707-1
Snapshots, Highland Park boat house dw. on Central Ave used as cafeteria by Paul Udell, ca. 1920, 67-162-1

This series also contains oversize images located in box 2. Below is a list of the items in this folder along with their dates.

Wookmen's room with various wood made objects, No Date
Hotel Moraine, No Date
Erksine Bank (now Chase)- rolled oversize image [needs humidifying and conservation], No Date

Minutes, correspondence, contracts, and other legal records for the Bondholders Protective Committee for Highland Park concerning the sale and development of lots and building contracts.

This collection contains images and advertisements from the Brand Brothers Studio. Images range from the Brand family at various events to other local families and even individual people. All advertisements for this collection are for the Brand Brothers Studio and range from calling cards to calendars.

1960 copy of Survey Plat of Fractional Townships 43 North of the Baseline, Range 12 and 13 East of the 3rd Principal Meridian

File contains materials related to Krenn and Dato. Materials include: cards advertising Krenn and Dato's Highland Park Highlands and two articles: "The Past 75 years of the Krenn and Dato Sub-division: Also known as 'Highland Park Highlands'" and "The Krenn and Dato Sub-division."