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    • Elmer Blasco Oral History

    • Elmer Blasco Oral History

    • Mount Prospect (Ill.) -- History; Oral histories;

    • Audio and text copies of an oral history with Elmer Blasco as subject. The interviewer was Leo Floros. The interview was conducted in Mount Prospect in November 1991.
    • Mount Prospect History
    • Mount Prospect Aerial View, c1967

    • Mount Prospect Aerial View, c1967

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

    • Aerial photograph showing downtown Mount Prospect with view of the structures along Northwest Highway. Photograph was taken in 1967, the year of Mount Prospect's Golden (50th) Anniversary.
    • Mount Prospect History
    • Mount Prospect Aerial View, c1967

    • Mount Prospect Aerial View, c1967

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

    • Aerial photograph showing the residential area of Mount Prospect along Elmhurst (Main Street) south of the downtown area. Photograph was taken in 1967, the year of Mount Prospect's Golden (50th) Anniversary.
    • Mount Prospect History
    • Nelson Budd Wilder Oral History

    • Nelson Budd Wilder Oral History

    • Mount Prospect (Ill.) -- History; Oral histories;

    • Audio and text versions of an oral history with Nelson Budd Wilder as subject. The interview took place on October 9, 1991 in Mount Prospect, Illinois. The interviewer was Judy Klein.
    • Mount Prospect History
    • Mount Prospect Aerial View, 1976

    • Mount Prospect Aerial View, 1976

    • American Revolution Bicentennial, 1776-1976; Buildings; Dwellings; History, 1970-1979; Mount Prospect (Ill.) -- History;

    • Photograph showing downtown Mount Prospect with view of Northwest Highway, Emerson Street and Main Street. Photograph was taken during the U.S. Bicentennial in 1976.
    • Mount Prospect History
    • Mount Prospect Country Club

    • Mount Prospect Country Club

    • Buildings; History, 1930-1939; Mount Prospect (Ill.) -- History; Clubhouses; Golf courses

    • Clubhouse for the Mount Prospect Country Club as it appeared in the 1930s. The country club was started as the private Northwest Hills Country Club in 1926 by developer Axel Lonnquist. The clubhouse itself was opened in 1929. The golf course...
    • Mount Prospect History
    • Mount Prospect Creamery, 1921

    • Mount Prospect Creamery, 1921

    • Buildings; Business enterprises; History, 1920-1929; Mount Prospect (Ill.) -- History;

    • Postcard showing the Mount Prospect Creamery Company building and the surrounding land as it looked in 1921. The company, located on the corner of Northwest Highway and Elm Street, was founded by Edward Busse in 1910.
    • Mount Prospect History
    • Blues Brothers and Mount Prospect Police Car Puzzle

    • Blues Brothers and Mount Prospect Police Car Puzzle

    • Mount Prospect (Ill.) -- History; Police stations; Police-departments;

    • Puzzle made from photograph showing replica of the car used in the movie "The Blues Brothers". Dan Aykroyd used Mount Prospect in the script because he heard that "the Mount Prospect police department in its early days was a bad ass bunch of...
    • Mount Prospect History
    • 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
    • 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.
    • Mount Prospect History
    • Mount Prospect Development Company, 1923

    • Mount Prospect Development Company, 1923

    • Buildings; Business enterprises; History, 1920-1929; Mount Prospect (Ill.) -- History;

    • First office of the real estate business started by George Busse in 1923. It was located at the corner of Emerson and Northwest Highway. Originally called the Mount Prospect Development Company, this business was later Busse Realty Co., then George...
    • 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
    • Edgar Letter, September 1993

    • Edgar Letter, September 1993

    • Anniversaries; Buildings; History, 1990-1999; Libraries -- Illinois; Mount Prospect (Ill.) -- History;

    • Letter from former Illinois Governor Jim Edgar to Mount Prospect Public Library. It congratulates the library on its 50th Anniversary, September 1993.
    • Mount Prospect Library History

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