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A collection focusing on Des Plaines city government, elected officials and municipal institutions, from its origins as a 19th century village to today's city government.

First Village Hall of Des Plaines.

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Affiliation 0

88

4-H Clubs

Algonquin Middle School

AMA Academy of Performing Arts

American Legion

American Red Cross

Army Air Force

Army Emergency Relief Fund

Art Institute of Chicago

Central Elementary School

Chicago Bears

Chicago Food Depository

Chicago Park District

Chicago Zoological Society

Chippewa Middle School

Church Women United

City of Des Plaines

Cook County Forest Preserve

Croatian Children’s Home

Cumberland Elementary School

Cumberland School PTA

Des Plaines Camp Ground Association

Des Plaines Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Des Plaines Elks Club

Des Plaines Families Against Racism

Des Plaines Fire Department

Des Plaines Historical Society

Des Plaines History Center

Des Plaines Junior High School

Des Plaines Lions Club

Des Plaines Park District

Des Plaines Police Department

Des Plaines Public Library

Des Plaines School District 62

Des Plaines Self-Help Closet and Pantry

Des Plaines Woman's Club

Des Plaines Youth Center

First Congregational Church

First Methodist Church

First Saint Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church

Forest Elementary School

Forest Preserve District of Cook County

Free and Accepted Masons

Freemasonry

Frisbie Senior Center

Girl Scouts of the USA

Goodman Theatre

Greater Chicago Food Depository

Illinois Air National Guard

Immanuel Lutheran Church

Immanuel Lutheran School

Iroquois Community School

League of Women Voters

Maine East High School

Maine Township High School

Maine West High School

Maine West High School Photo Club

Maryville Academy

Messiah Lutheran Child Care Center

Messiah Lutheran Church

North Division School

North Elementary School

Oakton Community College

Optimists Club of Des Plaines

Orchard Place Elementary School

Our Lady of Destiny School

Plainfield Elementary School

Schiller Park Historical Society

South Division School

South Elementary School

St. Martin's Episcopal Church

St. Mary Catholic School

St. Mary's Church

St. Stephen Protomartyr School

Terrace Elementary School

Thacker Junior High School

The Junior League

The Willows Academy

Thin Ice Ensemble Theater

Trinity Lutheran Church

United States Army Nurse Corps

Veterans of Foreign Wars

Vietnam Combat Veterans, Ltd.

Walther Memorial Hospital

War Advertising Council

West Division School

West Elementary School

Women's Defense Corps

Young Men's Christian Association

Company 0

148

A.E. Muench Pharmacy

Aberdeen Animal Hospital

Ace Hardware

Advocate Health Care Thrift Shop

Aero Distributing

Aero Distributing Co., Inc.

Algonquin Records

Alpine Camera

American Ticket Corp.

Arlen Pharmacy

AT&T

B.F. Kinder's and Sons

B.F. Kinder's Hardware Store

Barwig Apothecary

Behren's Department Store

Bell & Howell Co.

Ben F. Eidamiller & Co.

Benjamin Electric Company

Blewitt Greenhouse

Bonis and Kaiser, Ltd

Borg-Warner

Breen's Dry Cleaners

Bremer's

Brockman's Grist Mill

Brown & Koehler

Brown's Department Store

Brumlik Shoes

Center Tailors

Chicago and North Western Railroad

Chicago Herald American

Chiro One Wellness Centers

Choo Choo Restaurant

Crement's Log Cabin Inn

Crowe Name Plate and Engraving Co.

Crowe Name Plate and Mfg. Co.

Currency Exchange

Des Plaines Auto Parts, Inc.

Des Plaines Barber & Beauty Shop

Des Plaines Beauty Shop

Des Plaines Building and Loan Association

Des Plaines Cafe

Des Plaines Fruit Market

Des Plaines Fur Company

Des Plaines Linoleum Town and Country

Des Plaines Outlet Store

Des Plaines Paint and Wallpaper Co.

Des Plaines Pharmacy

Des Plaines Realty

Des Plaines State Bank

Des Plaines Telephone Company

Des Plaines Theatre

DoALL

Don's Dock

Dotombori

Douglas Aircraft

Drury Motel

Ellinwood Meat Market

Erickson & Stevens, Inc.

F. C. Walton Drugs

F.W. Woolworth Co.

Fannie May Candies

First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Des Plaines

First National Bank of Des Plaines

Frank's Apparel

Frejlach's Ice Cream Co

Furs by Gregory Stergiou

G&D Meat Market

General Molded Products

Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company

Henderson's Pharmacy

Hercules Construction Co.

Hoefle Floral Shop

Hoerber Brothers Greenhouses

Imig's Ice Cream Shop

Imig's Saloon

India Spice Co.

J. D. Pett, Dentist

J.O. Stoll Co.

Jewel Food Stores

Johnson Electrical Supplies

Johnson Studio of Des Plaines

Kaylon Inc.

Kinder's Hardware

Koeppen's Fabric Fair

Kunkel Realty

Lady Lynn Dress Shop

Leonard's Store for Men and Boys

Lombardo's Shoes

Lord & Burnham Company

MacNevin Motor Sales

Mandas Snack Shop

Maria Schaefer Music Store

McDonald's Corporation

McDonnell Douglas Corporation

Meyer Material Company

Modern Mode Furniture

Morava Stationery

Muench Pharmacy

National Food Store

National Food Stores

National Shoe Store

Nielson Studio

Olson Rug Co.

P & M Snack Shop

Paroubek's Ace Hardware

Podiatry Associates

Popeye's Chicken

Prairie-Lee Paint Store

Prairie-Lee Pharmacy

Public Service Company of Northern Illinois

Ramada Worldwide Inc.

Ray's Flowers and Gifts

Realty Office

Rex Realty Co.

Rexall Drugs

Richert's Jewelry

River Bend Restaurant

River Chevrolet

Rizza Body Shop

S. C. Wessell Co.

Scripto Pen Company

Sears Roebuck & Co.

Senne's Grocery and Market

Sheppard's Home Furnishings

Shoe Box

Shop & Save Market

Sigwalt Lumber and Coal Co.

Spiegler's Department Store

Square Deal Shoes

Standard Oil Company

Suburban Cleaners

Sugar Bowl Restaurant

Super Service Stores

Tally-Ho Tea Room

The Des Plaines Journal

The Kiddy Shoppe

Time Finance Co.

Toys and Hobbys

Union Pacific Railroad

United Motor Coach

Universal Oil Products

UOP

Victor Studio of Photography

Walgreen Company

Whal Jewelers

Windsor Jewelry

Zephyr Cafe

Zoom Video Communications, Inc.

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Assemblage (sculpture)

Audio file (MP3)

Black and white photograph

Cardboard

Children's art

Color photograph

Drinking glass

Envelope

Essay

Glass plate negative

Greeting card

Letter (correspondence)

Manuscript (document)

MP3

MP4

Newletter

Newsletter

Newspaper

Newspaper supplement

Official documents

Painting (visual works)

Pamphlet

Paper (fiber products)

Paper money

Penknife

Photograph

Postcard

Poster

Print

Program (document)

Program (documents)

Quilts

Sheet music

Stereoscopic photograph

Sticker

Ticket

Yearbook

Language 0

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English

French

German

Spanish

Subject 0

222

Advertising cards.

Advertising, Direct-mail.

Advertising, Newspaper.

Advertising.

Aerial photographs.

Afghan War, 2001-

Aircraft industry.

Airports.

Alleys.

Ambulances.

Amusement parks.

Antique and classic cars.

Apartment houses.

Arbor Day.

Architecture, Domestic.

Architecture.

Art museums.

Art.

Artists.

Balloons.

Barbecuing.

Baseball players.

Bicycles.

Bills of sale.

Black lives matter movement.

Blotting paper.

Boats and boating.

Bridges.

Building sites.

Bus lines.

Business cards.

Camp sites, facilities, etc.

Campaign paraphernalia.

Cassette tape recorders.

Catholic hospitals.

Catholic schools.

Centennial celebrations, etc.

Child care.

Children.

Choruses.

Christianity.

Church buildings.

Church publicity.

Citizenship Day (U.S.).

City planning.

Clergy.

Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.).

Commercial strips.

Community colleges.

Commuter railroads.

Concerts.

Construction equipment.

Construction workers.

Correspondence.

COVID-19 (Disease).

Dams.

Dance recitals.

Demonstrations.

Department stores.

Elections.

Elementary schools.

Essays.

Excavation.

Factories.

Families.

Family farms.

Fast food restaurants.

Festivals.

Fire engines.

Fire extinguishers.

Fire fighters.

Fires.

Flags.

Floods.

Florists.

Food banks.

Forest reserves.

Gardens.

Girl Scouts.

Graffiti.

Greenhouses.

Greeting cards.

Gymnasts.

Hardware stores.

High schools.

Historic buildings.

Historical museums.

Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.

Hockey players.

Home schooling.

Homes.

Horses.

Hotels.

House construction.

Ice skating.

Information technology.

Internet in education.

Invoices.

Iraq War, 2003-2011.

Judges--Illinois--Des Plaines.

Junior high schools.

Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.

Kit homes.

Korean War, 1950-1953.

Lakes.

Laundry.

LEGO toys.

Little League baseball.

Local transit.

Lutheran schools.

Mailboxes.

Manufacturing industries.

Marching bands.

Mayors--Illinois--Des Plaines.

McDonnell Douglas aircraft.

McDonnell Douglas Corporation.

Men.

Middle schools.

Military nursing.

Money.

Monuments & memorials.

Motorcycles.

Municipal buildings.

Municipal government.

Municipal reports.

Music.

Musical groups.

Musical instruments.

Musicians.

National banks (United States).

Newsletters.

Newspaper publishing.

Newspapers.

Nursing schools.

Olympic athletes.

Ordinances, Municipal--Illinois--Des Plaines.

Orphanages--Illinois.

Painting.

Parades.

Parents' and teachers' associations.

Parking facilities.

Parks.

Passenger trains.

Persian Gulf War, 1991.

Pets.

Photography, Artistic.

Photography, Stereoscopic.

Playgrounds.

Police.

Political campaigns.

Politicians.

Portrait painting.

Portraits.

Post office stations and branches.

Postal service.

Postcards.

Presidents--United States.

Prisoners of war.

Professional athletes.

Public libraries.

Public schools.

Pumping machinery.

Quilts.

Railroad stations.

Railroads--Employees.

Railroads.

Real estate business.

Record stores.

Restaurants.

Rivers.

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.

Sailors.

Sales personnel.

Savings bonds.

School photography.

Sears, Roebuck and Company--Catalogs.

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.

Sewing.

Sheet music.

Shopping malls.

Small business.

Snow.

Soldiers.

Songs.

Sports.

Storefronts.

Stores & shops.

Stores, Retail.

Streets--Pictorial works.

Streets.

Students.

Sunday schools.

Supermarkets.

Swimming pools.

Taverns (Inns).

Teachers.

Teenagers.

Theaters.

Tickets.

Tractors.

Transport planes.

Tree planting.

Trees.

Truck farming.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

United States. Army. Women's Army Corps.

V-mail.

Veterans.

Veterinarians.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

Volunteers.

War memorials.

Water towers.

Wedding photography.

Windmills.

Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.).

Women.

World War, 1914-1918.

World War, 1939-1945.

Yearbooks.

YMCA of the USA.

Zoos.

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#Animals

#Arts & Crafts

#Disasters

#Downtown Des Plaines

#Entertainment

#Family life

#Holidays

#Kids

#Politicians

#Recreation

#Social services

#Special events

#Transportation

#Vintage photographs

#War

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Des Plaines Public Library

1501 Ellinwood Street Des Plaines, IL 60016

847-827-7974

Des Plaines History Center

781 Pearson Street Des Plaines, IL 60016

847-391-5399

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