PUBLICATIONS

PUBLICATIONS

Park Forest Historical Society 50th Anniversary Calendar
August 1998 - December 1999
Price Reduced and on Sale Now!
$5.00 per copy
The calendar makes a lasting memento for friends and family, in or out of town! Functional and entertaining, with twenty historical photos and sixty dates from Park Fores's past. It also lists several 50th Anniversary events.
Please make checks payable to the Park Forest Historical Society
Proceeds from the sale of the calendar will fund Park Forest Historical Society projects.

To request calendars from the local area, email the society.
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Mail orders will be accepted only for people who live outside the immediate area. Please use this order form. Enclose a check made payable to the Park Forest Historical Society.

Mail to:   50th Anniversary Calendar,
              c/o Park Forest Historical Society
              400 Lakewood Blvd,
              Park Forest, IL 60466.

Shipping and handling charges are included in this price list:

1 copy $6.30 2 copies $12.50 3-7 copies $5.00 per copy ordered + $3.20 shipping/handling. Shipping and handling, subject to change.

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ALSO FOR SALE:

Postcards of early Park Forest. Eight images are available. 25 cents each, or in packets for $2.00.

Postcards are available at the front desk of the library.

Oh! Park Forest! An oral history of Park Forest: An Interpretation by Chip Shields. 2.00 each.

Park Forest: The Early Years, 1945-1955, by Carroll F. Sweet, Jr. A 58 page, spiral bound, illustrated edition, written in 1992 by one of the earliest employess of American Community Builders. Carroll F. Sweet, Sr. had a dream of building a "G.I. Town." He brought together Philip M. Klutznick and Nathan Manilow to make that dream a reality. In 1946, his son joined the staff of ACB as an assistant to Mr. Klutznick. During the ten years from 1946-1956, he helped choose the name "Park Forest," named many of the streets in town, was the first mail delivery person, and delivered water bottles and garbage cans in his "Black Maria." He made many more contributions to the community, including establishing the Rotary Club. His account outlines the contributions of several of the key players on American Community Builders' staff, as well.

Carroll F. Sweet, Jr. passed away in March 1996. In 1994, he was inducted into the Park Forest Hall of Fame. Read this colorful, personal memoir of the first ten years of Park Forest's development.
$10.00 per copy. $15.00 per single copy by mail, paid in advance.
All proceeds go to the Park Forest Historical Society. Please make checks payable to the Park Forest Historical Society.
Mail to: Carroll Sweet Book

Park Forest Historical Society

400 Lakewood Blvd

Park Forest, IL 60466

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Address______________________________
City________________________State_____
Zip__________

Phone: (____)_________________________