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    • Hand Powered Pump Truck

    • Hand Powered Pump Truck

    • Fire engines; Fire-departments; History, 1910-1919; History, 1960-1969; Mount Prospect (Ill.) -- History;

    • Photograph of retired fire chief Edwin Haberkamp, ca. 1965. He is standing by an Ajax Chemical Fire Engine, the original 10 gallon hand pumper purchased by the village in 1914. This pumper was replaced in 1918 with a Buick truck that had forty...
    • River Trails School District Centennial Celebration Brochure

    • River Trails School District Centennial Celebration Brochure

    • Mount Prospect (Ill.) -- History; River Trails School District 26 -- Centennial celebration, 1895-1995; River Trails School District 26 -- History; Schools -- Illinois

    • A brochure presenting the history of River Trails School District 26. It includes a map of the district, a historical overview, and the names of schools that have served the district. The brochure was prepared as part of the District's Centennial...
    • 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 Bank, c. 1911

    • Mount Prospect Bank, c. 1911

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

    • Color print of a painting showing the first Mount Prospect National Bank as it appeared in 1911 when it was founded by William Busse. The artist was V. Bittner.
    • 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's Oldest Business Building, ca. 1910

    • Mount Prospect's Oldest Business Building, ca. 1910

    • Buildings; History, 1910-1919; Mount Prospect (Ill.) -- History; Postal service -- Buildings;

    • Photograph of oldest commercial structure in Mount Prospect. Built in 1880 at 2 East Northwest Highway, this building housed the first post office, a general store, and, around the turn of the century, an ice cream parlor.
    • Wille Brothers Company

    • Wille Brothers Company

    • Buildings; History, 1910-1919; Mount Prospect (Ill.) -- History;

    • Photograph of the building, ca. 1911, that housed the Wille Brothers Company. The Willes dealt in feed, coal, salt, brick, sand, concrete, and tile.
    • Certificate of Incorporation, 1917

    • Certificate of Incorporation, 1917

    • History, 1910-1919; Municipal government; Municipal services;

    • Illinois Secretary of State document officially recognizing the incorporation of the Village of Mount Prospect on February 3, 1917. It was signed on May 8, 1917 by then Secretary of State Louis E. Emmerson.

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