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    • House in Des Plaines, circa 1920s

    • House in Des Plaines, circa 1920s

    • Homes; Residences; Architecture, domestic; Contractors; Real estate business; Business enterprises

    • W. L. Plew & Company established an office in Des Plaines, Illinois on Lee Street in 1922. The company built and remodeled houses, managed properties, handled mortgages, and sold insurance. Many of the houses built by the company were in an area...
    • Des Plaines Area History
    • House in Des Plaines, circa 1920s

    • House in Des Plaines, circa 1920s

    • Homes; Residences; Architecture, domestic; Contractors; Real estate business; Business enterprises

    • W. L. Plew & Company established an office in Des Plaines, Illinois on Lee Street in 1922. The company built and remodeled houses, managed properties, handled mortgages, and sold insurance. Many of the houses built by the company were in an area...
    • Des Plaines Area History
    • Fire at Douglas Aircraft Company

    • Fire at Douglas Aircraft Company

    • Aircraft, Military--United States; Airplane factories; Fires--Illinois

    • Photograph of a fire at the Douglas Aircraft Company taken on July 7, 1944 by an unnamed employee. The fire was in the administration building; just 100 yards from the assembly building T-6.
    • Des Plaines Area History
    • Douglas Aircraft Company

    • Douglas Aircraft Company

    • Aircraft, Military--United States; Airplane factories; Airports -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History

    • Douglas Aircraft Company, Inc., circa 1944. This Chicago plant, located south of Des Plaines, is now part of O’Hare Airport.
    • Des Plaines Area History
    • Douglas Aircraft Company, Inc.

    • Douglas Aircraft Company, Inc.

    • Aircraft, Military--United States; Airplane factories; Airports -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History; Aviation mechanics.

    • Military aircraft being assembled inside the Douglas Aircraft Company, Inc. Chicago plant, circa 1944. This plant was located south of Des Plaines and is now part of O’Hare Airport.
    • Des Plaines Area History
    • Douglas Aircraft Company, Inc.

    • Douglas Aircraft Company, Inc.

    • Aircraft, Military--United States; Airplane factories; Airports -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History.

    • View of the Douglas Aircraft Company, Inc., Chicago plant, circa 1944 as seen from underneath a military aircraft. The plant was located south of Des Plaines and is now part of O’Hare Airport.
    • Des Plaines Area History
    • Des Plaines City Hall

    • Des Plaines City Hall

    • Municipal Buildings; Libraries--Illinois--History.

    • Stereoscopic card depicting the Des Plaines City Hall, corner of Lee and Ellinwood Streets, circa 1937. The Des Plaines Public Library was housed in the west wing before construction of a new library building in 1958.
    • Des Plaines Area History
    • Immanuel Lutheran School, circa 1920

    • Immanuel Lutheran School, circa 1920

    • Schools - Illinois; Church schools; School buildings

    • Immanuel Lutheran School began in a former church building on Lee Street. In 1901, a new school building was constructed for the students, but it was destroyed by fire on February 4, 1918, which led to the construction of this building. A...
    • Des Plaines Area History
    • Riverview School, circa 1915

    • Riverview School, circa 1915

    • Schools - Illinois; Public schools; School buildings; School children

    • Riverview School opened in a two-room frame building in the Village of Riverview in 1893, during a time when the Village was under development as an industrial town. Several factories began operating there before succumbing to a series of fires...
    • Des Plaines Area History
    • Maine Township High School, circa 1920

    • Maine Township High School, circa 1920

    • Schools -- Illinois; Public schools; School buildings; Postcards

    • In 1902, the first Maine Township High School building opened its doors to students on Thacker Street in Des Plaines. However, the populations of Des Plaines and Park Ridge grew, so a new high school was built at Dempster Avenue and Potter Road in...
    • Des Plaines Area History
    • North Division School, circa 1875-1894

    • North Division School, circa 1875-1894

    • Schools -- Illinois; Public schools; School buildings; School children

    • North Division School, Des Plaines' first brick school building, was constructed in 1874. The school was located on River Road (Des Plaines Avenue) north of the Pearson Street intersection. An addition was built in 1894, doubling the size of the...
    • Des Plaines Area History
    • St. Mary Catholic School, circa 1935

    • St. Mary Catholic School, circa 1935

    • Schools -- Illinois; Church schools; Postcards; School buidings

    • St. Mary Catholic School, located on Center Street in Des Plaines, opened in 1924 for students of St. Mary Parish. In 1994, St. Mary consolidated with St. Stephen Protomartyr school, and the building became the north campus for the new Our Lady of...
    • Des Plaines Area History

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