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Des Plaines Snapshots: Downtown

Local landmarks photo gallery.

 
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Original McDonald's Restaurant. The first McDonald's owned by Ray Kroc opened in 1955 and was restored as a museum in
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Patch photographer Philip Downie documented Des Plaines landmarks. Then, local historian Brian Wolf wrote captions for the images.

We’ll publish the four photo galleries they created, one a week, on Thursdays.

Earlier: Photos of Sim’s Bowl, then and now.

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