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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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Brick Building in Wooded Area
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Brick building in wooded area. A stone embedded into the building's front wall identifies the location as Cass Benton Park, Wayne County (Northville Township, Michigan).
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circa 1926
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Public access
Brick House
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ca. 1904
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Public access
Bridge
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n.d.
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Public access
Bridge
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ca. 1920-1930s
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Public access
Bridge Overpass
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n.d.
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Public access
Bridge Underpass
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n.d.
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Public access
Bridges
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n.d.
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Public access
Bridges
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n.d.
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Public access
Bridges
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n.d.
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Public access
Bridges
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n.d.
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Public access
Bridges
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n.d.
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Public access
Bridges - Foot
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1936
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Public access
Bridges - Trail
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ca. 1936
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Public access
Brief and Argument for Appellees, Perkins v. Board of County Commissioners, 1915.
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October 1, 1915
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Public access
Broad Highway System for 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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Public access
Broad Highway System for 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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Public access
Brook, Willow Springs
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ca. 1904
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Public access
Buffalo
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n.d.
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Public access
Buffalo
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n.d.
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Public access
Buffalo
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n.d.
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Public access
Building
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1929
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Public access
Building a Shelter
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ca. 1920-1930s
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Public access
Burnham Golf Course Service Building
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1969
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Public access
Burnham Golf Course Starter and Concession Building
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[Third of three illustrations by artist named "Young"]
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ca. 1969
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Public access
Burr Oak
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n.d.
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Public access
Burr Oak
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n.d.
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Public access
Butternut, Des Plaines Valley
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ca. 1904
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Public access
CCC
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n.d.
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Public access
CCC
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n.d.
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Public access
CCC Building
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1935
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Public access
CCC Camp
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1934
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Public access
CCC Camp
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1934
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Public access
CCC Camp
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1935
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Public access
CCC Camp
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1935
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Public access
CCC Camp
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1933
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Public access
CCC Camp
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1934
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Public access
CCC Camp Activities
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n.d.
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Public access
CCC Camp Activities
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n.d.
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Public access
CCC Camp Activities
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n.d.
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Public access
CCC Camp Activities
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n.d.
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Public access
CCC Camp Activities
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n.d.
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Public access
CCC Camp Activities
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n.d.
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Public access
CCC Camp Building
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Date
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1936
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Public access
CCC Camp Building
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1935
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Public access
CCC Camp Building
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1937
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Public access
CCC Camp Building
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1934
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Public access
CCC Camp Building
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1935
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Public access
CCC Camp Building
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1935
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Public access
CCC Camp Building
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n.d.
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Public access
CCC Camp Building
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1937
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
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Public access
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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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Geographic Location
3053
Cook County (Ill.)
3052
Forest Preserve District of Cook County, Illinois (Ill.)
Subject--Name
1733
Forest Preserve District of Cook County, Illinois (Ill.)
41
Skokie Lagoons (Ill.)
8
Perkins, Dwight Heald, 1867-1941
8
University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus)
2
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)
2
Paul Douglas Forest Preserve
1
American Institute of Architects. Chicago Chapter
1
Highland Woods Golf Course
1
Parents' Magazine Enterprises
1
Whistler, John, 1756?-1829
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Creator
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
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Form
1937
Photographs
1010
Architectural drawing
102
Business correspondence
2
Newsletters
1
Maps
1
Pamphlets
Medium
1010
blueprints (reprographic copies)
997
negatives
725
lantern slides
65
drawings
4
illustrations
1
paintings
1
watercolors
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Topic
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
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