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By 1966, Manheim Auto Auction established itself as the world's volume leader, selling off 45 vehicles per hour or 700 cars/trucks on a given Friday night at the 16-laned auction. Adding closed-circuit television, the dealers and wholesalers watched the auction from the new cafeteria in its expanded building.
Mecum Auctions was founded in 1988 by Dana Mecum, [1] a car enthusiast whose father operated a dealership in Marengo, Illinois. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Dana Mecum initially bought 40 semi-trailer trucks in the 1980s, and traded 10 of them for four houses which he rented out.
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers is an American auction house based in Chicago, Illinois, United States.Founded in 1982, sold to Sotheby's in 1997 and reopened in 2003, the company engages in auctions ranging from contemporary paintings and fine jewelry to French furniture and rare books and manuscripts.
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This list of museums in Illinois contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
County # of Sites; 1 Adams: 27 2 Alexander: 8 3 Bond: 2 4 Boone: 6 5 Brown: 2 6 Bureau: 19 7 Calhoun: 7 8 Carroll: 7 9 Cass: 2 10 Champaign: 60 11 Christian: 6 12 Clark
The Warren-Newport Public Library District began in 1971, when the Gurnee Women's Club began to look for a meaningful service which their club could offer the area. Opening day for the library came on January 10, 1973. The library opened its doors for 45 hours per week with 3,000 volumes. The library moved into its current location in 1978.
Following is a list of current and former courthouses of the United States federal court system located in Illinois.Each entry indicates the name of the building along with an image, if available, its location and the jurisdiction it covers, [1] the dates during which it was used for each such jurisdiction, and, if applicable the person for whom it was named, and the date of renaming.