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1. 538 Ravine Avenue - Sepia photograph postcard showing Ravine Ave and house that dates to camp meeting. Both cards have messages on back. One postmarked 1911 the other 1913. House shown in photo, 538 Ravine, was demolished c. 2000

   Postcard #22 Ravine Avenue Lake Bluff, IL

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2. Agreement Between Stanley G. Cutler and James S. Harvey and the President and Board of Trustees of Lake Bluff - Agreement Between Stanley G. Cutler and James S. Harvey and the President and Board of Trustees of Lake Bluff about all the work need to complete the bridge built across the ravine on Sheridan Road and connecting Ravine Avenue.

   Doc 2308

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3. Bond from Melloy Construction Company to Lake Bluff - Bond from Melloy Construction Company to Lake Bluff for the sum of $771.

   Doc 2879

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4. Bunting Home - Lookout Point. Bunting house built in 1917, located at the corner of Sunrise Ave and Ravine Ave

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5. Contract Between Charles H. Crippen and Village of Lake Bluff - Contract Between Charles H. Crippen, of Lombard, County of DuPage, and Village of Lake Bluff for Crippen to be paid $310 in exchange for cleaning, painting, and other services that improve the understructure of the bridge at Moffett and Ravine Avenues in the Village of Lake Bluff.

   Doc 2298

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6. East end of Ravine - East end of Ravine

   Slide #426 East end of Ravine

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7. East End Ravine Drive Lake Bluff, Ill - Sepia photograph of Ravine and Simpson looking west. Three cards, two with message and postmarks.

   Postcard #113 East End Ravine Drive

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8. Estimate from Industrial Painting Co. - Estimate from Industrial Painting Co. detailing the work and pricing for the Bridge at Moffett Road and Ravine Avenue

   Doc 2325

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9. Estimate of President of Board of Local Improvement - Estimate of President of Board of Local Improvement Charles G. Trusdell, submits an estimate of the cost of local improvement in the Village for the construction of a sewer and connected sewer system for said Village. Gives estimate amounting to $37,500.

   Doc 2708

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10. Henry Bunting - Henry Bunting was a president of a printing/journal building who also authored a variety of business books. Bunting and his family lived next to the Tuckers on Center Ave in the 1910s. In the 1920's the Buntings lived at 821 Moffett. Then, in the 1930s the Buntings lived on Ravine. A list detailing Henry Bunting's most widely held works. A 5 sentence quick history on Henry Bunting regarding residences and early occupation. Copy of a Chicago Daily Tribune story featuring Bunting's opinions on parties picnicking on private property.

    Henry Bunting

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11. H. S. Bunting home - Lookout Point. Bunting house built in 1917, located at 735 Ravine Avenue; the corner of Sunrise Ave and Ravine Ave. Slide of a postcard.

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12. H.S. Bunting Residence - Sepia photograph of the H.S. Bunting residence at Ravine Ave. and the lakefront bluff. Known as Lookout Point

    H.S. Bunting Residence

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13. Land Transfer from Camp Meeting Trustees of Vanderkloot property, etc. - Land transfer of several properties among different individuals, including Block 8 and Block 9. Also a note by Elmer Vliet on orange paper states: "These papers from Al Kuhlman show conveyance of much land from Camp Meeting Trustees to Fred Cornish and subsequent transfers of North half of Ravine west of Gurney Ave to Vanderkloot. The vacation of Ravine Ave. from Gurney west to Glen was done in two steps. May 15, 1899 part from Gurney west to Prospect and on November 24, 1902, the part from Prospect southwest to Glen See also notes by EBV (Elmer Vliet) taken from Abstract of v.d. Kloot (Vanderkloot) property deeding ravine land to Eliz (abeth) V. D. Kloot May 12, 1899. 11-19-1974. EBV." See also Note 1 in this Catalog The remaining 10 pages outline the transfer of various lots several different blocks in Lake Bluff, including block seventeen (17), thirteen (13) and twenty one (21); beginning with a Quit Claim Deed from the Trustees to the Vanderkloots on November 22, 1900 and commencing with the final transaction on May 23, 1917: Vanderkloot to Ida and Grace McElwain.

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14. Letter correspondence between George McKinlock and the Village - Letter correspondence between George McKinlock and the Village of Lake Bluff consisting of 3 letters. Regarding the purchase of land between Prospect Ave and Ravine Ave.

    Letter correspondence between George McKinlock and the Village

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15. Letter from Charles Wesselhoeft to Lewis Steadman - Letter from Charles Wesselhoeft to Lewis Steadman writing to express his opposition to the petition to rezone the area bounded by Ravine, Moffat, Center, and Simpson Avenues, as he will be out of town and not able to attend the public hearing.

    Doc 3297

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16. Letter of Inspection - Letter from Adam Wachs to the State Highway Department asking them to plan a date to inspect the concrete bridge at Moffett Road and Ravine Ave.

    Doc 2317

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17. Letter to the Village Board of Trustees - A Letter to the Village Board of Trustees dated May 22, 1899 from Adrian Vanderkloot stating he is the owner of Block nine (9) "together with all the land lying South and West of said Block 9 to the center of Ravine. This property is divided by a portion of Ravine Avenue which portion is not in use as a public Street at the present time and has not been used ... for about ten years. ... petitions that your honorable body will order the same to be vacated as by law required." Action of the board taken May 15, 1899.

    Letter to the Village Board of Trustees

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18. Lookout Point Bunting home - Lookout Point. Bunting house built in 1917, located at the corner of Sunrise Ave and Ravine Ave. Slide of a postcard.

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19. Lookout Point Bunting house - Lookout Point. Bunting house built in 1917, located at the corner of Sunrise Ave and Ravine Ave

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20. Newsletter from the Board of Trustees - 1961 - Newsletter from the Board of Trustees regarding a temporary replace of the water main and replacement of the Moffett Road Bridges at Witchwood Lane and Ravine Avenue

    Doc 3199

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21. Oath of W. T. Griffith - Oath of W. T. Griffith in which he solemnly swears that he will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Illinois, and that he will faithfully discharge the duties of officer appointed and directed by the County Court of Lake County to make assessment for sewer system for the Village, that he will make a true and just assessment of the cost of said improvement according to law.

    Doc 2710

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22. Ordinance for the Making and Construction of a Connected Sewer System in Lake Bluff - Ordinance for the Making and Construction of a Connected Sewer System in Lake Bluff Section 1: That a local improvement be made in Lake Bluff by forming, making, establishing, and constructing a sewer and sewers together with the necessary cross and out-let or out-fall sewers, to constitute a sewer system combining various streets into one connected system. Section 2: The recommendation of the Board of Local Improvements of Lake Bluff, providing for such improvement, together with the estimate of the cost thereof, made by the Village Engineer of said Village. Section 3: That said improvement shall be made, and the whole cost be paid for by special assessment in accordance with an act of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, entitle "An Act Concerning Local Improvements" Section 4: That the aggregate amount herin ordered to be assessed against the property, shall be divided into 10 installments, the first of which installments shall include 10 percent of the assessment, and the aggregate amount of each of the remaining installments shall be equal in amount and multiples of $100. Section 5: For the purpose of anticipating the collection of the second and succeeding installments of said assessments for said improvement. Section 6: That the Village Attorney be, and he is hereby directed to file a petition in the County Court, in the name of Lake Bluff, praying that steps may be taken to levy a special assessment for said improvement in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance and in the manner prescribed by law. Section 7: That all ordinances or parts of ordinances conflicting with this Ordinance be and the same are hereby repealed. Section 8: This Ordinance shall be in force from and after its passage.

    Doc 2706

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23. Petition for Traffic Control - Petition for Sheridan Road from Ravine Avenue to the Southern Limits of the Village of Lake Bluff, a pleasure driveway, and regulate, restrain and control the traffic upon the same as provided by law. A copy is included.

    Doc 2779

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24. Project Proposal - Works Progress Administration Project Proposal Project is to remove broken sidewalks and construct new ones on various streets

    Doc 2791

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25. Ravine and Simpson - Northwest corner of Ravine and Simpson

    Slide #438 NW corner Ravine & Simpson 8/1984

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26. Ravine and Simpson - Ravine and Simpson

    Slide #424 Ravine & Simpson

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27. Ravine and Simpson - Ravine and Simpson. Is also a postcard.

    Slide #449 Ravine & Simpson c. 1900

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28. Ravine Ave - Also a Postcard

    Slide #437 Ravine Ave. c. 1913

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29. Ravine Ave. - Ravine Ave. Slide 444 Is also a Post Card.

    Slide #444 Ravine Ave.

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30. Ravine Ave Lake Bluff - Black & white photograph of a winter scene showing Ravine Ave at Moffett Road bridge

    Lake Bluff Ravine Ave

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31. Ravine Ave looking East from Simpson St - Ravine Ave looking East from Simpson St

    Slide #428 Ravine looking E from Simpson 1968

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32. Ravine Avenue - A black & white photo of Ravine Avenue and Simpson Avenue looking east. Taken in1938 the photo was part of the 1938 Village Improvement Study.

    Postcard #101 Ravine Ave.

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33. Recommendation, Estimate, and Ordinance - Recommendation, Estimate, and Ordinance The President and Board of Trustees passed an ordinance providing that a local improvement be made in the Village by establishing and constructing sewers and sewer pipes in the town.

    Doc 2704

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34. Recommendation, Estimate, and Ordinance - Recommendation, Estimate, and Ordinance To the President and the Board of Trustees of the Village of Lake Bluff in which an ordinance is submitted for the making and construction of a connected sewer system in the Village of Lake Bluff.

    Doc 2705

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35. Simpson, north from Ravine Ave. - Black & white photograph of Simpson looking north from Ravine.

    Simpson North from Ravine Ave.

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36. Special Assessment Notice No. 6 - Special Assessment Notice No. 6 - Possibly Drafts Notice given to all person interested that the Board of Trustees of Lake Bluff, having ordered that a local improvement be made in said Village by constructing a sewer or sewers with the necessary cross and out-let or out-fall sewer to constitute a connected sewer system for said Village. Additionally, an assessment of the cost of said improvement according to benefits.

    Doc 2709

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37. Stanley Field's Gardener's Cottage - Sepia photograph of Stanley Field's Chauffeur and Gardner's cottage, a duplex. Address is 713 Ravine Drive.

    Stanley Field's Gardener's Cottage

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38. Sunrise and Ravine Ivy Bank - Sepia phtotograph of Reverend Parkhurst residence located Sunrise and Ravine, which was called "Ivy Bank". Message on back. Post marked March 16, 1911.

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39. 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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40. Typical houses - Ravine Avenue looking easterly. Houses at northwest and northeast corners at Simpson in foreground and much older houses at northwest corner of Ravine Avenue and Sunrise Avenue in background. (Also postcard #101.)

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