Today I bring you the souvenir paper produced by Highland Park News Herald & Journal for Highland Park’s Diamond Jubilee in 1963 (http://dbase1.lapl.org/webpics/calindex/documents/11/520698.pdf). The paper calls itself a “Pictorial and Feature Panorama of the Historical Development of Highland Park… including sketches of the individuals and firms whose faith and plans have made its forward progress possible.”
All in all this is an 88-page extravaganza of information about the Highland Park of the past. It includes such interesting things as a chart of rainfall by month for the entire 75 years prior to 1963, pictures of all 3 (to that time) Monte Vista Street schools, the first Highland Park subdivision map, lots of celebratory advertising from local businesses and organizations, and more. Definitely worth browsing through.
