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2329.90a-b - print, Photographic
Black and white photographic print and negative of a muddy, rutted unpaved street. A sidewalk can be seen on either side of the street, and the Winnetka Congreational Church building (known as Children's Chapel in 2019) is seen in the background on the right. A horse and wagon are standing in the middle of the street near the church. A handwritten note on the back reads: "Lincoln Ave at Humbolt looking South" and dates the print at March 19, ...
Record Type: Photo
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2329.91 - print, Photographic
Black and white photographic print taken at the flooded intersection of Lincoln Avenue and Pine Street looking North up Lincoln Avenue across a snow-covered landscape. Houses can be seen on either side of Lincoln Avenue. A woman walking a dog is shown on the right; utility poles run along Lincoln Avenue on the left. A handwritten note on the back reads: "Lincoln Ave Pine St. looking north" and dates the print at March 19, 1912. A duplicate pr...
Record Type: Photo
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2329.92 - print, Photographic
An overexposed black and white photographic print that appears to be a duplicate of print #2329.91. The same handwritten note and date appear on the back.
Record Type: Photo
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2329.93 - print, Photographic
Black and white photographic print of a muddy, rutted street. A house can be seen mid-ground on the far right with buildings faintly visible in the distant background. Utility poles run along the left side of the street behind which are fence posts and a wooded area. A handwritten note on the back reads: "Lincoln Ave at Pine looking South" and dates the print at March 19, 1912.
Record Type: Photo
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2329.94 - print, Photographic
Black and white photographic print of a rutted street running through a residential area. Utility poles can be seen on both sides of the street; a fence runs along the left foreground. A handwritten note on the back reads: "Lincoln Ave looking east from Greenwood Ave. The first plowing for grading.", and dates the print at April 15, 1913.
Record Type: Photo
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2329.95 - print, Photographic
Black and white photographic print of a rutted street running through a wooded area. A house can be seen in the background on the right. Sidewalks run along either side of the street; utility poles line the left side. A handwritten note on the back reads: "Foxdale 1/2 between Summit & Eldorado looking north. Original surface of street." and dates the print at May 5, 1910. Similar identification wording is written on the front bottom margin ...
Record Type: Photo
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2329.96 - print, Photographic
Black and white photographic print of a "Y" intersection of a dirt street splitting to form two dirt streets in the middle of a wooded area. A utility pole is located where the split occurs, and a house can be seen in the background on the far left. Some chickens and a girl are seen near the house. A handwritten note on the back reads: Humboldt Ave, original surface" and dates the print at June 12, 1910. A later handwritten note reads: Humb...
Record Type: Photo
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2329.97 - print, Photographic
Black and white photographic print of the intersection of a number of muddy, rutted streets running though a lightly wooded, snow-covered area. Several houses can be faintly seen in the background. A person is standing at the side of one of the intersections. A handwritten note on the back reads: "Humbolt at Lincoln looking West." and dates the print at March 19, 1912.
Record Type: Photo
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2329.98 - print, Photographic
Black and white photographic print of a muddy, rutted street intersecting with a second street. Two houses can be seen in the background beyond a sidewalk running along the second street. A handwritten note on the back reads: "Lincoln & Humbolt looking N. Winnetka." and dates the print at April 3, 1912.
Record Type: Photo
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2329.99 - print, Photographic
Black and white photographic print of a dirt street running below grade through a wooded area. Utility poles run along the left side of the street; a building can been seen on the far right edge of the print. A handwritten note on the back reads: "Foxdale" and dates the print a June 8, 1910. A later handwritten note reads: "Foxdale Ave. subgrade. Camera 100 ft. N. of Summit St., facing north."
Record Type: Photo
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2335 - Negative
Black and white negative of several trees with a house partially seen on the right. No identifying information is provided.
Record Type: Photo
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2336 - Print, Photographic
Black and white photographic print of two houses. A handwritten note on the back reads: "House northwest of Nick Schaeffen's house on east Wilson[.] 1st house north of Willow Rd" and dates the print at December 1938. A later note states: "Schaeffen house in background." Nick Schaeffen was Winnetka's Chief of Police around 1895. The negative of this print is included in the file.
Record Type: Photo
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2337.01-.02 - Print, Photographic
Two black and white photographic prints (and one negative) of Nick Schafehen's house at 635 Willow Road (the northwest corner of Willow Road and Cedar Street): .01 is a print of the house taken in December 1938 by Frank A. Windes (including negative). A handwritten note on the back reads: "Nick Schaeffen's house - 50 years old at NW Cor Cedar & Willow Rd. Nick was born in Winnetka about 1866." He was the chief of police circa 1895. .02 is a...
Record Type: Photo
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2342.01 - Print, Photographic
Black and white photographic print of two standing cars from the Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee Railroad's Shore Line Route - Waukegan LImited. A conductor is standing at the front car's door.
Record Type: Photo
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2342.02 - Print, Photographic
Black and white photographic print of car #3 of the Bluff City Electric Street Railway Company. A conductor/engineer and a man holding a baby in a white dress can be seen on the car's entrance/exit platform; two passengers are seated inside the car. Houses and children can be seen behind the car in the background. A handwritten note on the back reads: "From North Shore Line".
Record Type: Photo
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2342.03 - Print, Photographic
Black and white photographic print of the Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee Railroad Co.'s new Tudor-style North Shore Line Elm Street Station located at the northwest corner of Elm Street and Lincoln Avenue, Winnetka. The print is dated in the right corner: August 4, 1926. Mechanical crossing guards can be seen on either side of the tracks in front of the station, and the station master is standing in the doorway of the station holding a stop s...
Record Type: Photo
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2342.04 - Print, Photographic
Black and white photographic print of the Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee Railroad Co.'s old North Shore Line Elm Street Station located at the corner of Elm Street and Lincoln Avenue. The view is taken from northwest of the station across the train tracks which are in the foreground. The print is dated June 4, 1925. (See, 2342.03 for a print of the replacement station in 1926.) The one-room, frame station sits atop a wooden platform. Mechani...
Record Type: Photo
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2566 - Print, Photographic
Partially colored black and white photographic print of the Fourth of July celebration on Winnetka's Village Green circa 1902. The print is mounted on paper backing. A man is standing at center of the image wearing white pants, sports jacket and a straw boater. Part of a food tent can be seen on the left side of the image. A number of people are standing or sitting around the tent, with a group sitting on the ground eating on the left. The bl...
Record Type: Photo
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2567 - Print, Photographic
Color photographic print of the entertainment at the November 18, 1959 Annual Meeting for the Winnetka Historical Society held at the Winnetka Woman's Club. A handwritten note on the back identifies the entertainment as "The Belles of 1890," five New Trier High School Students - Judy Hutchinson, Debbie Sethness, Mary Lou Mortimer, Karen Hedberg, Peggy Becker - who closed the program by singing 1890's songs - directed by Mrs. Wesley Bradburn.
Record Type: Photo
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2573.01 - Print, Photographic
Black and white photographic print, taken on November 1, 1848, of the three members of the Art Committee for the Alpha & Omega Art Exhibit: Robert Doepel, Lillian Tanner, and Frank Windes (L-R). The exhibit was held at Frank Windes's house at 873 Spruce Street, Winnetka. The print is mounted with glue on paperboard backing.
Record Type: Photo
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2573.02 - Print, Photographic
Black and white photographic print, taken on November 1, 1948 at the Alpha and Omega Art Exhibit, of Robin Scott Amandola and Frank A. Windes on Frank Windes' front porch at 873 Spruce Street, Winnetka where the exhibit was being held. The print is mounted with glue on paperboard backing.
Record Type: Photo
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2573.03 - Print, Photographic
Black and white photographic print, taken on November 1, 1948, of a group of people at Frank Windes' house at 873 Spruce Street, Winnetka for the Alpha and Omega Art Exhibit. Identified on the back are: Back row (L-R) - Dudley Amandola, Grace Margerum, Emil Neiglick, Mildred Mack, Robert Doepel, Charles Dahlin. Middle row (L-R) - Jimmie Wishart, Lillian Tanner. Seated - Frank A. Windes. The print is mounted with glue on paperboard backing.
Record Type: Photo
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2573.04 - Print, Photographic
Two black and white photographic prints, taken on November 1, 1948, of people at Frank Windes's house at 873 Spruce Street, Winnetka for the Alpha and Omega Art Exhibit. The prints are glued to one piece of paperboard. Identified on the back: Top photo (L-R) - Grace Margerum, Charles Dahlin, Lillian Tanner, and Frank A.Windes. Bottom photo (L-R) - Jimmie Wishart and Bobbie James standing in front of artwork.
Record Type: Photo
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2580 - Print, Photographic
Undated black and whilte portrait photograph. Handwritten on the back: "Major George Murray McConnel 1833-1930." Mounted on two-toned grey/tan board backing with beveled edges.
Record Type: Photo
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2589 - Print, Photographic
Black and white photographic print mounted on board of a model made by Frank A. Windes of Winnetka's first C. & N.W. Railway depot used from 1855 to 1872 and located on the north side of Elm Street and the east side of the C. & N.W. tracks. The model dates to 1940 and was made from old photos and C. & N.W. specifications. The photo shows the depot with a model train engine, coal car and one other car sitting on the tracks. The photograph was t...
Record Type: Photo
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2593.01 - Print, Photographic
Black and white photographic print dated January 12, 1928. Image depicts a side view of the World War I Memorial (the "Cenotaph") on the Winnetka Village Green designed by Samuel S. Otis. A stone eagle appears at the center. Bare trees appear in the background.
Record Type: Photo
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2593.02 - Print, Photographic
Black and white photographic print, undated, Image depicts the east view of the World War I Memorial (the "Cenotaph") located on the Winnetka Village Green designed by Samuel S. Otis. From the side, the cenotaph reads, "IT IS AN INVESTMENT NOT A LOSS/ WHEN A MAN DIES FOR HIS COUNTRY." The lower portion of the flag pole appears in foreground.
Record Type: Photo
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2593.03 - Print, Photographic
Black and white photographic print dated January 12, 1928. Image depicts the southeast view of the World War I Memorial (the "Cenotaph") located on the Winnetka Village Green designed by Samuel S. Otis. The eagle at the side of the monument appears near left; the flagpole appears at center. Several homes and bare trees appear in the background.
Record Type: Photo
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2596.a-f - Print, Photographic
Set of six sepia tone photographic prints of a foundation construction site/Winnetka Water Tower/Lake Michigan with Gill Windes in several of the pictures. Handwritten notes in folder says that it might be the power plant foundation, but another note says "not true, House foundation on top of bluff." The notes date the prints to 1904-1905. a. A picture of a foundation construction site with trees in the background. A boy, identified by a han...
Record Type: Photo
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2597 - Postcard, Photographic
A black and white photographic postcard of an automobile located in front of industrial/commercial buildings. Two unidentified men are seated in the front seat of the car which has the steering wheel located on the right side. A black dotted frame surounds to edges of the postcard. A handwritten note on the back reads: "One of the early Win. autos - abt 1900."
Record Type: Photo
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2600 - Print, Photographic
A sepia toned photographic print of the tent belonging to "Uncle Frank," i.e., Frank Whitney. A handwritten note on the back dates the print to 1888 and states that the tent was located about the middle of the block between Gage and Merrill, and Linden and Gorden Terrace in Winnetka, IL The tent is located within a fenced area enclosing a number of trees. A haystack and a planter with flowers can be seen in the foreground with a lane entering ...
Record Type: Photo
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2624 - Print, Photographic
A black and white photographic print mounted on grey board of two men standing along a path next to a tree to which a large rope has been tied. A handwritten note on the back reads: "1900 John Dehornlon (left) and Henry Leach Marshall (right) catching speeders on Sheridan Road south of Willow."
Record Type: Photo
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2626 - Postcard, Photographic
A black and white photographic postcard of the two-storey, Tudor-style commercial/apartment building known as the Winnetka State Bank Building located at the northeast corner of Elm and Lincoln. Inscribed at the bottom of the image: State Bank Bld'g, Showing Post Office, Winnetka, Ill." The location of the post office in the building is not noted, although a real estate office and tailor's business can be seen to the north of the bank's office...
Record Type: Photo
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2630.01 - Print, Photographic
A black and white photographic print of Frank A. Windes awarding a medal to Marian (Paddy) Windes for a 1st place win in the girls races at the 1947 Fourth of July celebration at the Winnetka Village Green.
Record Type: Photo
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2630.02 - Print, Photographic
A black and white photographic print of Frank A. Windes awarding a medal to an unidentified young man at the 1947 Fourth of July celebration at the Winnetka Village Green.
Record Type: Photo
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2633 - Print, Photographic
Black and white photographic print of a uniformed policeman taken as a full-length studio portrait. The print is mounted in a tan decorative folder with brown edging. The studio is that of Stanton Wilhite. A handwritten note at the bottom of the folder underneath the print states: "John Dehmlow, oldtime policeman." The name "Wilhite" is printed vertically in red in a decorative style in the lower right corner of the print.
Record Type: Photo
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2656 - Print, Photographic
Sepia-toned photographic print of the back of a seated man painting a large work of art in a room. A handwritten note on the back of the print reads: "Frank Whitney, Winnetka artist in his studio 1890."
Record Type: Photo
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2665.01 - Print, Photographic
Black and white photographic print of a race on the Winnetka Village Green. The contestants are young girls, all wearing skirts. A handwritten note on the back reads: "Some fourth."
Record Type: Photo
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2665.02 - Print, Photographic
Black and white photographic print of Boy Scouts conducting a demonstration before a crowd on the Winnetka Village Green. A handwritten note on the back reads: "Some 4th."
Record Type: Photo
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2665.03 - Print, Photographic
Black and white photographic print of a group of older girls in skirts lining up to start a race on the Winnetka Village Green. A handwritten note on the back reads: "Some 4th."
Record Type: Photo