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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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Activities, Picnic, Large
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ca. 1903
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Activities, Picnic, Large
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Date:
ca. 1900-1925
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Activities, Picnic, Large
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Date:
ca. 1903
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Activities, Picnic, Old Ladies of Oak Forest
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ca. 1900-1925
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Activities, Picnic, Old Ladies of Oak Forest
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ca. 1900-1925
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Activities, Picnic, Old Ladies of Oak Forest
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Date:
ca. 1903
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Activities, Playground, District 1
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ca. 1900-1925
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Activities, Skier, Scandinavian
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ca. 1900-1925
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Activities, St. Leo's Camp, Swimming Tank
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ca. 1900-1925
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Activities, Swimming, Tuma Lake, Palos Park
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ca. 1900-1925
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Activities: Picnic and Recreation, Fishing
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ca. 1920-1930s
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Activities: Picnic and Recreation, Lake Swimming
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ca. 1920-1930s
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Activities: Picnic and Recreation, Lake Swimming
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ca. 1920-1930s
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Activities: Picnic and Recreation, Large Picnic
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ca. 1920-1930s
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Activities: Picnic and Recreation, Pest Control
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ca. 1920-1930s
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Activities: Picnic and Recreation, Police and Woman
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ca. 1920-1930s
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Activities: Picnic and Recreation, Young Girl Hikers by Tree
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ca. 1920-1930s
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Actvities, Swimming, Dam 1
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ca. 1900-1925
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Actvities, Swimming, Dam 1
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ca. 1900-1925
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Actvities, Swimming, Dam 2
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ca. 1900-1925
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Actvities, Swimming, Dam 2
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ca. 1900-1925
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Actvities, Swimming, Dam 2
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ca. 1900-1925
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Actvities, Swimming, Dam 2
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ca. 1900-1925
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Actvities, Swimming, Dam 2
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ca. 1900-1925
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Actvities, Swimming, Dam 2
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ca. 1900-1925
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Actvities, Swimming, Dam 2
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ca. 1900-1925
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Airport Plan
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Map showing locations of major, secondary, and minor airports in the Chicago region, including northwest Indiana and southeast Wisconsin.
Date:
November 1941
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Airports - E. 75th Street to E. 63rd Street
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Aerial view of Chicago, looking northeast along the lakefront. East 75th Street is marked in the foreground, East 63rd Street is in the upper center, and Stony Island Avenue is marked at the upper left.
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n.d.
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Airports - U.S. Steel South Works
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Aerial view of southeast Chicago, with the mouth of the Calumet River and the U.S. Steel South Works at the lower right.
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n.d.
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Airports [Road]
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View of a roadway.
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n.d.
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Airports, Landing Fields and Paved Highways in the Region of Chicago
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n.d.
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Allison Woods and River Trail Nature Center, Nature Center Building and Caretaker fts Cottage, scale: not noted
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[Plans]; sheet 2 of 2 sheets
Date:
ca. 1957
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Analysis of Sites for the Campus of the Chicago Undergraduate Division, 1958
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Date:
October 1, 1958
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Another Scene [Sic] in Same Woods
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Date:
ca. 1920-1930s
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Another View on Thorn Creek
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Date:
ca. 1920s
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Apple-bobbing at Camp Reinberg, Deer Grove Forest Preserve near Palatine
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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.)
Date:
1938
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Archaeology
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Group of people engaged in an excavation at an archaeological site.
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n.d.
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Archaeology
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Group of people engaged in an excavation at an archaeological site.
Date:
n.d.
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Architectural Illustration, Area 312, by David Laughlin
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Artist's rendering showing a roadway approach and parking lot adjacent to a boat launch and docking area on a waterway.
Date:
1992
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Article on Dwight Perkins, Evanston Review, 1965
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Date:
July 1, 1965
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Artist's Plan of Washington DC
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Artist's plan of Washington DC, showing The Mall and Washington Monument.
Date:
n.d.
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Artwork
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Date:
ca. 1904
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Ash Tree
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Date:
n.d.
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Ash in river bottom, River Forest
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Date:
September 12, 1904
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Atkinson Building
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View of the Atkinson Building, San Francisco, California. (A. Page Brown, architect)
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n.d.
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Bakers Lake Comprehensive Development Plan
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Bakers Lake Comprehensive Development Plan showing Bakers Lake and surrounding natural areas. Plans prepared by the Forest Preserve District of Cook County in cooperation with the Village of Barrington.
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n.d.
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Bakers Lake Comprehensive Plan, Zone Management
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Bakers Lake Comprehensive Plan (Zonal Management Plan) showing five zones including a Nesting/Rookery zone and a Wildlife Habitat zone. Plans Prepared by the Forest Preserve District of Cook County in Cooperation with the Village of Barrington
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n.d.
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Public access
Bakers Lake Development Plan
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Bakers Lake Development Plan, showing typical plantings along Northwest Hwy and CNW Railroad right-of-way.
Date:
n.d.
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Bakers Lake Development Plan
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Bakers Lake Comprehensive Plan showing areas of land owned by the Forest Preserve District and by the Village of Barrington. Plans prepared by the Forest Preserve District of Cook County in cooperation with the Village of Barrington.
Date:
n.d.
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Public access
Bakers Lake Development Plan, Gateway Development Plan
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Site plan showing the Gateway Development Plan, part of the Bakers Lake Development Plan.
Date:
n.d.
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Collection Details

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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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250 Koster, E.P. 12 Mann, Roberts 6 Forest Preserve District of Cook County, Illinois (Ill.) 4 Sauers, Charles G. 3 Chicago Plan Commission 3 Hall, Eric 2 American Institute of Architects. Chicago Chapter 2 Forbush, Edward Howe, 1858-1929 2 Hayes, William P. 2 Illinois. Supreme Court 2 Morrill, John Barstow 1 Chicago (Ill.). City Council; Cook County (Ill.) 1 Chicago (Ill.). West Chicago Park Commissioners 1 Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry 1 Chicago Park District (Chicago, Ill.) 1 Chicago Recreation Commission 1 Chicago Regional Planning Association 1 Chicago Tribune (Firm); Chicago Daily News, Inc. 1 Chicago Tribune (Firm); Morrill, John 1 Coburn, John; Busse, William 1 Cook County (Ill.). Forest Preserve Advisory Committee; Chicago Regional Planning Association; Illinois. Supreme Court 1 De Leuw, Cather & Company 1 Flanagan, Earl L.; Eisenbeis, Roland F.; Wiedemann, Glenn 1 Friends of Our Native Landscape (Ill.) 1 Garden Club of Illinois, Inc. 1 Harff, James 1 Hutchens, Lynn Henry 1 Keefe, Jim 1 Kiwanis Club of Chicago; Kiwanis Club of Edgebrook (Chicago, Ill.); Kiwanis Club of Garfield Park (Chicago, Ill.); Kiwanis Club of Northwest Chicago; Kiwanis Club of Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.); Kiwanis Club of West Central Chicago 1 Logsdon, James D. 1 Mann, Roberts; Morrill, John Barstow; O'Gara, Caroline 1 Moulton, Frank J. 1 Northcenter Lions Club (Chicago, Ill.); Auburn-Highland Lions Club (Chicago, Ill.) 1 Perkins, Dwight Heald, 1867-1941 1 Presecky, William 1 Real Estate Research Corporation 1 Romilly, E.P. 1 Swink, Floyd A. 1 Telfer, G. G. 1 United States. National Park Service

776 Building 291 Roads 275 Trails 258 Cycling 213 Forests and forestry 185 Trees 181 Forest reserves 133 Parking facilities 120 People 112 Dams 99 Dams--Design and construction 99 Reservoirs 73 Parks 58 Rivers 54 Sewerage 53 Picnic grounds 49 Forests 45 Meadows 44 Buildings 44 Public toilets 42 Horsemanship 38 Driveways 37 Winter 35 Lakes 33 Children 33 Fishing 33 Ponds 30 Aerial views 30 Camp sites, facilities, etc. 29 Trails & paths 28 Strategic planning 26 Parking facilities lots 25 Camps 25 Golf 25 Land use 24 Streams 23 Birds 23 Golf courses 23 Monuments & memorials 23 Recreation 21 Universities and colleges 20 Bodies of water 20 Building sites 20 Historic sites 19 Dedications 19 Hydraulic structures 18 Animals 17 Plants 17 Wetlands 16 City planning 15 Activities 14 Lakes & ponds 13 Playgrounds 12 Fences 12 Flowers 12 History 12 Parking lots 12 Sidewalks 11 Bridges 11 Graphs 9 Editorials 9 Expenditures, Public 9 Public shelters 8 Boats and boating 8 Maps 8 Railroad tracks 8 Swimming 7 Cemeteries 7 Outdoor recreation 7 Petitions 7 Winter sports 6 Campus planning 6 Park facilities 6 Wildlife conservation 5 College campuses 5 Education 5 Forest conservation 5 Railroads 5 Schools 4 Biography 4 Boys 4 Canals 4 Girls 4 Hiking 4 Houses 4 Parking Lots 4 Picnics 4 Poetry 4 Sports facilities 4 Toboggans 4 Vehicles 4 Winter Sports 3 Architecture 3 Athletic fields 3 Beaches 3 Boats 3 Charts 3 Dunes 3 Indexes 3 Leaves 3 Legal documents 3 Photograph collections 3 Springs 3 Squirrels 3 Swimming pools 2 Actions and defenses 2 Bathhouses 2 Bonds 2 Clubs 2 Courts 2 Elections 2 Engineering 2 Fireplaces 2 Historical markers 2 Indians 2 Log Buildings 2 Machinery 2 Meetings 2 Mess Halls 2 Outdoor education 2 Planning drawings 2 Reclamation of land 2 Recreation centers 2 Referendum 2 Reptiles 2 Rock Formations 2 Rodents 2 Skis and skiing 2 Speeches, addresses, etc. 2 Turtles 2 Views 2 Water Pumps 2 Wrecking 2 swimming 1 Architectural elements 1 Bicycles 1 Bicycles & tricycles 1 Borrow pits 1 Camp songs 1 Camp stoves 1 Campfires 1 Camping 1 Carp 1 Carriages & coaches 1 Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.) 1 Channels (Hydraulic engineering) 1 Cities and towns--Growth 1 Civil service 1 County ordinances 1 Croplands 1 Directories 1 Downsizing of organizations 1 Ducks 1 Eating & drinking 1 Ecology 1 Elms 1 Exhibitions 1 Farms 1 Finance 1 Fires 1 Fishes 1 Floods 1 Food 1 Forest reserves--Employees 1 Forestry 1 Galleries & museums 1 Gardens 1 Handicraft 1 Hills 1 Ice Skating 1 Illinois 1 Labor 1 Lagoons 1 Land 1 Landscape architecture 1 Landscaping industry 1 Leadership 1 Legal briefs 1 Legislators 1 Lobbying 1 Log Cabins 1 Log cabins 1 Manholes 1 Monuments 1 Museums 1 Natural monuments--Conservation and restoration 1 Natural resources--Conservation and restoration 1 Nature conservation 1 Occupational training 1 Owls 1 Parking 1 Pests--Control 1 Picnic Grounds 1 Planning Drawings 1 Plowing 1 Portraits, Group 1 Potawatomi Indians 1 Prairies 1 Predatory animals 1 Primroses 1 Programs 1 Sanitation 1 Schools--Design and construction 1 Shelters 1 Signs (Notices) 1 Skating 1 Skating rinks 1 Sports Teams 1 Starlings 1 Statistics 1 Steamboats 1 Swimming Pools 1 Telephones 1 Tourism 1 Tourist camps, hostels, etc. 1 Tourists 1 Tractors 1 Traffic accident investigation 1 Traffic accidents 1 Tree planting 1 Valleys 1 Villages 1 Violets 1 Voluntarism 1 Wells 1 World War, 1939-1945 1 Youth 1 Youth hostels 1 Zoology 1 Zoos