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The Library hours are M-F, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. year round. Appointment required.

Life Before Motels

Life Before Video Games

Life Before Walgreens

Life Before Women’s Suffrage

Medicine Before Penicillin

Forgotten McHenry - Outhouses

Forgotten McHenry - Specialized Buildings

Forgotten McHenry- Ghost Signs

Forgotten McHenry - Decorative Elements

Forgotten McHenry - Lustron Homes

Forgotten McHenry - Mesker Buildings

Forgotten McHenry - Transformed Buildings

Forgotten McHenry - Vanishing Points

How to Research Your Property

McHenry County Libraries Local History Collections

Historical Special Editions of Local Newspapers

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