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    • Library Opens--Newspaper Article

    • Library Opens--Newspaper Article

    • History, 2000-2009; Libraries; Libraries -- Illinois; Library buildings; Mount Prospect (Ill.) -- History; Buildings;

    • Newspaper article from the Mount Prospect Journal of September 15, 2004 (p. 5A) by Matt Kiefer. It announces the opening of the renovated Mount Prospect Public Library and gives the library's historical background.
    • Mount Prospect Library History
    • H. Roy Berry Co. Realtors -- Advertisements, 1926

    • H. Roy Berry Co. Realtors -- Advertisements, 1926

    • Buildings; Business enterprises; Dwellings; History, 1960-1969; Mount Prospect (Ill.) -- History;

    • Three postcards used as advertisements by the H. Roy Berry Realty Company in the mid-1920s. Berry, a Chicago realtor, had an office in Mount Prospect at this time. His aggressive marketing helped to increase the flow of people to Mount Prospect and...
    • Mount Prospect History
    • Busse Avenue Business, looking east, c 1917

    • Busse Avenue Business, looking east, c 1917

    • Banks and banking; Buildings; Business enterprises; History, 1910-1919; Mount Prospect (Ill.) -- History;

    • Postcard showing a view of Busse Avenue around 1917, looking east. The structures in this location were (left to right) Busse Buick Repair Shop/Garage; the Albert Busse home; Busse Buick Show Room; and the Mount Prospect Bank (across Main Street)
    • Mount Prospect History
    • Northwest Highway Businesses, looking southeast, 1961

    • Northwest Highway Businesses, looking southeast, 1961

    • Buildings; Business enterprises; History, 1960-1969; Mount Prospect (Ill.) -- History; Restaurants, lunch rooms, etc.;

    • Photograph showing southeast view along Northwwest Highway from Main Street in 1961. Several businesses are shown including Prospect House Restaurant, Francek Real Estate Office, Keefer's Drugstore and Van Driel's Drugstore. Also visible is the...
    • Mount Prospect History
    • Busse Avenue Business, looking west, 1953

    • Busse Avenue Business, looking west, 1953

    • Banks and banking; Buildings; Business enterprises; History, 1950-1959; Mount Prospect (Ill.) -- History;

    • Photograph showing Busse Avenue looking west from Main Street to Wille Avenue in 1953. Among the businesses shown are the bowling alley, real estate office, hardware store, and Mount Prospect bank on the corner. The Busse Buick dealership is...
    • Mount Prospect History
    • Wille Lumber Yard/Hardware Store

    • Wille Lumber Yard/Hardware Store

    • Buildings; Business enterprises; History, 1970-1979; Mount Prospect (Ill.) -- History; Public buildings; Schools -- Illinois;

    • Photograph of Wille Lumber Yard/Hardware Store, c. 1975. This business was once located at Busse Avenue and Wille Streets. It closed for business in the early 1970s. In the past it was the site of the village meeting hall and housed the first...
    • Mount Prospect History
    • Busse Avenue Business, looking west, c 1917

    • Busse Avenue Business, looking west, c 1917

    • Banks and banking; Buildings; Business enterprises; History, 1910-1919; Mount Prospect (Ill.) -- History;

    • Postcard showing a view of Busse Avenue around 1917, looking west. The most visible structures shown are (left to right) Busse Buick Repair Shop/Garage (the white brick building); the Albert Busse home; Busse Buick Show Room (with awnings); and the...
    • Mount Prospect History
    • Busse Avenue Businesses, looking west, 1977

    • Busse Avenue Businesses, looking west, 1977

    • Buildings; Business enterprises; History, 1970-1979; Hotels, taverns, etc.; Mount Prospect (Ill.) -- History;

    • Photograph showing Buse Avenue looking west between Main Street and Wille Avenue in 1977. Businesses shown include Ye Old Town Inn, hardware store, Prospect Opticians, and Danneo's Ice Cream Parlor.
    • Mount Prospect History
    • Mount Prospect Welcome Sign

    • Mount Prospect Welcome Sign

    • History, 1990-1999; Mount Prospect (Ill.) -- History; Signs and signboards;

    • Postcard showing the "Welcome to Mount Prospect"sign situated on Main Street just inside the village boundaries.It was designed by Diamond Outdoor Advertising. The current motto for the village "Where Friendliness is a Way of Life" was coined by...
    • Mount Prospect History
    • Map of Mount Prospect, 1951

    • Map of Mount Prospect, 1951

    • Maps; Mount Prospect (Ill.) -- History;

    • Map of Mount Prospect that appears on pp. 24-25 of a directory prepared by the Mount Prospect Chamber of Commerce in September 1951. The directory, entitled "Let's Get Acquainted", was for new residents of the village.
    • Mount Prospect History
    • Mount Prospect Citizens Band

    • Mount Prospect Citizens Band

    • Associations, institutions, etc.; Bands (Music); Mount Prospect (Ill.) -- History;

    • Photograph showing the Mount Prospect Citizens Band. Members wore dark green uniforms with gold braiding. The early band leaders were Henry Haberkamp and Marin Hasz. Back row: Arnold Mulso; Herman Meyn; John Bensic; Martin Haas; Bill Genrich;...
    • Mount Prospect History
    • Water Tower and Pump House, ca. 1925.

    • Water Tower and Pump House, ca. 1925.

    • Buildings; History, 1920-1929; Mount Prospect (Ill.) -- History; Public buildings; Water-towers;

    • Photograph showing the area surrounding Mount Prospect's first water tower.The tower was built next to the J. B. Crofoot Co. Stapling Devices business along with a small pumphouse. The pumphouse also housed the village's firetruck and served as the...
    • Mount Prospect History
    • Municipal Building

    • Municipal Building

    • Buildings; Mount Prospect (Ill.) -- History; Municipal buildings;

    • Postcard showing Mount Prospect's first Municipal Building as it appeared around 1960 on the corner of Maple Street and Northwest Highway. It housed village government offices, the police department and the fire department.
    • Mount Prospect History
    • Northwest Highway and Emerson Street in Mount Prospect

    • Northwest Highway and Emerson Street in Mount Prospect

    • Buildings; Business enterprises; Drugstores; History, 1930-1939; Mount Prospect (Ill.) -- History; Streets

    • Photograph showing a view of Northwest Highway just east of Emerson Street in downtown Mount Prospect. Shown are businesses that were on this block in the middle to late 1930s. They include a drug store, a real estate office, and a grocery...
    • Mount Prospect History

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