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Oak Lawn Public Library Local History Oak Lawn Public Library Local History

Welcome to the Local History Online Collections Database!

This collection contains more than 21,000 digitized items from throughout Oak Lawn's history! These include photographs, objects, documents, oral history interviews, yearbooks, telephone books and more. New materials are added frequently, please feel free to contact us with any questions at 708-422-4990 or localhistory@olpl.org.

Featured Collections

Women's History

View more than 900 items related to women's history in Oak Lawn including photos, documents, objects and oral history interviews.

Audio Record Collection

Listen to musical recordings from Oak Lawn Community High School, Harold L. Richards High School, local entertainers and more.

Yearbooks

View more than 240 yearbooks from local schools and organizations including OLCHS, Harold L. Richards, Covington, Reavis, BICHS and more.

World War II

View more than 480 items connected to World War II including photos, oral history interviews, objects and more.

Oak Lawn Police

Search over 600 records containing photos, documents and physical objects about Oak Lawn's Police Department.

Oak Lawn Fire

Search over 1,202 records containing photos, documents and physical objects about Oak Lawn's Fire Department.

Black History

View items related to black history in Oak Lawn including photos, documents and oral history interviews.

Postcards

View more than 170 Oak Lawn postcards related to businesses, schools, churches, holidays and more.

1967 Tornado

View more than 1,200 tornado related items including photos, documents, written recollections and oral history interviews.

Round-Up Days

View more than 340 different items related to Round-Up Days including photos, documents and more.

Life in 1987

View more than 800 photographs taken during the summer of 1987 and explore what life was like in the Village more than thirty years ago.

Gerald Carley Collection

View more than 1,300 local images taken by former Oak Lawn resident Gerald Carley between 1976 and 2004.

Telephone Books

View more than 60 local telephone books dating back to 1924 and search for people and businesses from Oak Lawn's past.

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