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• 10:29, 23 October 2025 John Lavalie talk contribs created page Des Plaines Public Library building number 1 (Created page with "{{library buildings}} The history of the Des Plaines Public Library dates back to the mid 1890s when a public library was first proposed. The first vote in 1896 was defeated 142 to 50. However, Dr. Clarence Earle and a group of progressive individuals kept up their fight. In 1904, a subscription library called the Tabard Inn was established at F.C. Walton's drugstore. F.C. Walton ended up paying for most of the service. In 1905 at the April election, the proposition...")