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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records

The Forest Preserve District of Cook County was created in 1914 with a mandate to “protect and preserve” the forests of Cook County. By 2004, the district had acquired more than 67,000 acres of forest lands. This collection contains the records of the district and other records and photographs that are relevant for the district’s history.

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"UIC Campus Controversy" American Legion, Miller Meadows, 1957
1952
Activities, Picnic, Highway Dept.
Large group at picnic posed in front of trees.
1903
Activities, Picnic, Highway Dept.
1903
Activities, Picnic, Large
1903
Activities, Picnic, Large
1903
Activities, Picnic, Large
1903
Activities, Picnic, Old Ladies of Oak Forest
1903
Another View on Thorn Creek
1920
Apple-bobbing at Camp Reinberg, Deer Grove Forest Preserve near Palatine
The outing camps are directed by the Cook County Bureau of Public Welfare. Campers are selected from among clients of the Chicago Relief Administration and from among Juvenile Court Wards. Photo taken in 1938. (Info supplied by Trailside Museum of Natural History, FPDCC.)
1938
Architectural Illustration, Area 312, by David Laughlin
Artist's rendering showing a roadway approach and parking lot adjacent to a boat launch and docking area on a waterway.
1992
Ash in river bottom, River Forest
1904
Bath house, Cermak Park
1903
Bathhouse Construction
1938
Bent tree on county line near Glencoe
Trail marker tree on county line near Glencoe.
1903
Bicyclists riding over bridge
1945
Bog with shrubs and bushes
Bog on top of highlands ("divide") shrubs in the bog, bottom bush
1903
Booth House, Cermak Park
1903
Boy Scout Cottage, Camp Reinberg
1903
Boy Scout Troop 220 with flags at Pulaski Woods Forest Preserve near Willow Springs
The boulder monument is located in Pulaski Woods east. Photo taken in 1938.
1938
Boys Dormitory, Camp Reinberg
1903
Boys with live fox inside Trailside Museum of Natural History in River Forest
The boy wearing the hat may be Jack Higgins. (Info supplied by Trailside Museum of Natural History, FPDCC.)
1940
Bridges - Foot
1936
Bridges - Trail
1936
Building
1929
Burnham Golf Course Service Building
1969
Burnham Golf Course Starter and Concession Building
[Third of three illustrations by artist named "Young"]
1969
CCC Building
1935
CCC Camp
1934
CCC Camp
1934
CCC Camp
1935
CCC Camp
1935
CCC Camp
1933
CCC Camp
1934
CCC Camp Building
1936
CCC Camp Building
1935
CCC Camp Building
1937
CCC Camp Building
1934
CCC Camp Building
1935
CCC Camp Building
1935
CCC Camp Building
1937
CCC Camp Building
1935
CCC Camp Building
1937
CCC Camp Building
1937
CCC Camp Building
1936
CCC Camp Building
1935
CCC Camp Building
1935
CCC Camp Building
1933
CCC Camp Building
1935
CCC Camp Building
1935
CCC Camp Building
1937

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Repository
University of Illinois Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)
Collection Type
Manuscript Collections
Collection Location
Richard J. Daley Library
Theme
Natural & Built Environments
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