Visual : Elm Place School Elm Place School. Smith, Jesse Lowe, Superintendent of Schools, Highland Park, Illinois Lantern slides--1860-1900 Elm Place School. This collection documents early Highland Park and Elm Place School. It is a series of class photographs and teaching aids. The collection has been arranged into 5 series with a list of each item in that series. They are mostly black and white and a few have been damaged. They are all 4x5. These slides may have been taken chiefly by Jesse Lowe Smith. Brand Studio may also be responsible for some of the photography. 1870-1933 55 items : 4 x 5 in. [Glass negatives] https://highlandparkhistory.org//visual-elm-place-school visu.elm https://highlandparkhistory.org//highland-park-historical-society Highland Park Historical Society Highland Park (Ill.)-- History--Pictorial works. None.