Highland Park History

Ladies Aid Society : Trinity Parish Highland Park

US IlHpHS ladi.aid
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1888-1889

Minutes book.

Trinity Episcopal Church. Ladies Aid Society (Highland Park, Ill.)

US IlHpHS 2011.1.1
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ca. 1952-1960

Framed drawing charcoal on paper Kelly's on Hintz Road, Wheeling, Illinois with caption "Everything for the Boy." (Offices in Highland Park, Illinois.)

Kennedy, Tom, Delineator

Katherine Block scrapbook

US IlHpHS 2000.4.11
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ca. 1890-1925

Highland Park family scrapbooks 1 Turn-of-the-Century family, vacation, pet, university, Lake Michigan Beach and other photos of Highland Park family and friends. 2 World War I images (Hicks Field, Texas), vacation (Niagara Falls), play, pets, and school created by Katherine Block

Block, Katherine

Julius Rosenwald : the man who built Sears, Roebuck and advanced the cause of Black education in the American South

US IlHpHS 2012.10
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2006

Youth and first business ventures, 1862-1895 -- Early Sears years, 1895-1908 -- Blacks, politics, and philanthropy, 1908-1912 -- Black schools, political attacks, and the profit sharing plan, 1912-1916 -- World War I, 1916-1918 -- The rescue of Sears and the consolidation of philanthropic endeavors, 1919-1924 -- New philanthropic ventures, 1924-1928 -- The Julius Rosenwald Fund, Hoover, and the Depression, 1928-1930 -- Final year and postmortem, 1931-1949 -- Conclusion.

Ascoli, Peter Max, 1942

Jewel of Office

us.ilhphs.70.234
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1916-12

Jewel worn by the high priest , Albert Marshall, of Royal Arch Masons (Yorkrite), colored stones Black jewelers case for above, ""S. Levin Jeweler, Highland Park ILL."" Engraving on verso reads "Presented by Highland Park Chapter No. 226 R.A.M. Dec. 16"

S. Levin, Jeweler

Insurance map of Highland Park, including Highwood, Illinois, published by the Sanborn Map Company