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    Illinois Digital Archives

    This website hosted by the Illinois State Library offers images and descriptions of historical items in libraries and museums across the state of Illinois.  Mount Prospect’s history is represented by three collections. The items included in these collections are primarily from the collections of the Mount Prospect Historical Society and the Mount Prospect Public Library.

    Dimensions of Life in Mount Prospect

    vintage glass bottle

    Mount Prospect History

    old Mount prospect train station

    Mount Prospect Library History

    Library in brick building 1935

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