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1. North side of Prospect looking from Gurney & Moffett

   Slide #385 N side of Prospect from Gurney & Moffett May 1927

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2. 400 Block East Prospect - 400 Block East Prospect Avenue

   Slide #342 400 block East Prospect

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3. Alling Family - Genealogical records Letter about Alling cottage Photographs Elmer's notes Family history notes Obituaries

   Alling Family

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4. East Prospect - East Prospect

   Slide #356 East Prospect

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5. East Prospect - East Prospect Avenue

   Slide #341 East Prospect

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6. East Prospect - East Prospect Avenue

   Slide #392 Prospect

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7. East Prospect Ave - East Prospect Avenue looking northeast from 401 East Prospect Avenue

   Slide #334 Prospect NE from 401

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8. East Prospect Ave - East Prospect Avenue. Slide of a postcard.

   Slide #350 Prospect

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9. Homes on south side of East Prospect just west of Maple - Homes on south side of East Prospect Avenue just west of Maple

   Slide #347 Homes South side Prospect E of Maple

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10. Hotel DeRogers - Sepia photograph of the Hotel DeRogers, one of the last hotels in Lake Bluff. It stood at the Southeastern corner Glen and Prospect. Demolished 1937.

    Postcard #122 Hotel DeRogers

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11. Hotel Irving - Part of the Camp Meeting era, the Hotel Irving was located at Moffett, Prospect, Center and Maple Aves. The hotel was built in 1883 and burned down in 1897.

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12. Lake Bluff Journal - Lake Bluff Journal - MARION COOK BEHEL MAKES HER DEBUT in La Boheme near Venice, Italy. Lake Bluff school headed the list of Illinois schools in banking, being the only one to have a record of 100 percent. This means that every pupil of the school made a deposit each Tuesday during the month. The eighth grade had a debate on Why Women Should Vote. The girls won the debate against the boys. Elaine Anselm was home Monday December 6, 1926. VILLAGE HAPPENINGS - work has started omni the local ice pond. Howard Monroe had his tonsils removed. Mrs. and Mrs. William Rees entertained at bridge last week. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Behl, Jr. are getting settled in their new home in the Ravine Forest Subdivision. Mr. and Mrs, William Fairclough were weekend guests of Dr. and Mrs. Elbert Dewey. The former intend to return to the village next spring after a long absence. Arthur Miller is suffering from an infection of the knee cap Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Kloer have started to remodel their house on East Prospect Avenue CLAIM UNFAIR TACTICS IN APARTMENT BUILDING WAR - The village has been experiencing bitter fights among its residents, without the least cause for it, according to prominent business me and officials in the village. David Bjork was the first to propose an apartment building on the property at the corner of Oak Avenue and Center Avenue which was zoned for apartment buildings when the zoning ordinance was passed ... but since the propaganda against the apartment building was started, the commissioners is said to be hesitating, although there seems no way in which he can legally disapprove the request. SCRANTON TEA ROOM REDECORATED - The tea house is managed by Mrs. E. B. Clarke.

    Lake Bluff Journal (top half)

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13. Lake Front Lake Bluff ILL - Sepia photograph of the park at the corner of Sunrise and Prospect looking south . Message on back refers to cool weather. Post mark is 1911.

    Postcard #20 Lake Front Lake Bluff, IL

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14. looking North Easterly from Corner of Moffett & Prospect Hotel Irving site - Looking Northeasterly from Corner of Moffett & Prospect Hotel Irving site

    Slide #351 Looking NE cornern of Prospect & Moffett

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15. Lot Sale to Held Fund New Library - Article titled "Lot Sale to Held Fund New Library" details the Lake Bluff Library converting an asset to cash by selling its residential property at the corner of E. Prospect and Evanston Avenue, in which the proceeds of the land sale will be used for the new library which is currently under construction.

    Doc 249

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16. Northwest corner of Simpson & Prospect - Slide #388 is also a postcard ? Xmas at Lake Bluff

    Slide #387 NW corner Simpson & Prospect c. 1910

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17. Prospect - East Prospect Avenue

    slide #321 Prospect 1972

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18. Road through the park - A black and white photo of Sunrise Park taken from Ravine Avenue showing East Prospect houses on the left and a road through Lake Front / Sunrise Park. The road was abandoned in 1975. The photo was part of the 1938 Village Improvement Study.

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19. South East corner of Prospect and Evanston - Southeast corner of East Prospect Avenue and Evanston

    Slide #335 SE corner Prospect & Evanston

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20. Southeast corner of Prospect and Glen 305 Prospect ? - Southeast corner of Prospect and Glen 305 East Prospect ?

    Slide #352 SE corner of Prospect & Glen

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21. The Lake Forester and Lake Forest News - The Lake Forester and Lake Forest News - BOYS AT ARDEN SHORE CELEBRATE HOLIDAYS AND ATTEND ICE REVUE Twelfth Night will mark another occasion for a party at Arden Shore. HOLD LAST RITES FRIDAY FOR MRS. W. A. SOMERS, EARLY LAKE BLUFF RESIDENT - Mrs. Somers and her husband were summer residents of Lake Bluff for 50 years on Ravine Avenue in the house now owned by Eugene Leherissey. The house, since remodeled, was known in the early days as the old spring house since there was a spring on that property which supplied the surround neighbors with drinking water. SERVICES HELD TUESDAY AT FORT SHERIDAN FOR MRS. RAYMOND HACK, who died in her home on Prospect Avenue. HOLD SERVICES SATURDAY FOR MRS. KATHERINE HOLVAY IN ST. MARY'S CHURCH. She lived on North Avenue SERVICES ARE HELD SATURDAY MORNING FOR ROBERT DOUGLAS, 83 of Moffett Road.

    The Lake Forester and Lake Forest News

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22. The Lake Forester and Lake Forest News - The Lake Forester and Lake Forest News - CANCEL ACTIVITIES AT LAKE BLUFF SCHOOL TO CONSERVE ELECTRICITY - meetings of the Lake Bluff Badminton club have been cancelled because of the electricity conservation program now in effect in the public elementary schools. ... at the request of the Illinois Commerce commission that electricity consumption be cut by 25 percent. The ruling will also limit the Boy Scout troop; the American Legion volleyball team meetings and others. Gene Hall of East Prospect Avenue, will present his first recital at the Union Church of Lake Bluff. He is the son of J. H. Hall and is a sophomore at Lake Forest college. GRACE CHURCH TO GIVE STYLE SHOW - Mrs. Gunts of Oak Terrace is chairman of the project. The models will be : Mrs. Edmond Kulp, Mrs.Paul Heerens, Mrs. Robert Patterson, Mrs. D. Huszag, Mrs. Joseph Harris, Joy Klinkman. Mrs. Mary Attridge 81, of Sheridan Place dies in Lake Forest, the wife of James Attridge and mother of Wilbur Attridge. Charles LaHue of Foss Court, is General Superintendent and chairman of the board of Grace Methodist church. Christian Elfert, Lake Bluff's chief of police shows his new citation for heroism from the Illinois Policeman and Police Journal to Lee Dole and Albert Leach, young Lake Bluffers involved in a Lake Michigan ice mishap in January, 1949. The accident occurred when Burt Leach fell through thin ice 50 yards from shore. Lee, after unsuccessfully trying to save his friend, called Chief Elfert who rescued the boy at the risk of his own life. Grade Five - II will present an original play entitled A New Star in Our Flag. The play will open with "Father" Tommie Wells hearing from his "Children" portrayed by Beverly Muller and Billy Muto and director by fifth grade teacher Pearl Merrell. NEW FIRM OFFERS SPECIAL SERVICES TO RESIDENTS - Stiles and Horne, on Western Avenue in Lake Forest, opened Saturday. A new kind of service will be offered, among them kitchen and plumbing problems, They also plan to run cooking schools for women's clubs, Girl Scouts and young brides. The firm is run by James Stiles, III, of Waukegan, Gilbert Stiles of Libertyville, who are sons of James Stiles, Jr. of Lake Bluff.

    The Lake Forester and Lake Forest News

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