The Lake County Forest Preserve District could transfer ownership of the world-renowned Curt Teich Postcard Archives to the University of Illinois as part of a potential plan to save money and make the collection more accessible.

Established in 1982 at the district-run Lake County Discovery Museum at the Lakewood Forest Preserve near Wauconda, the archives have grown from the initial donation from the Chicago-based Curt Teich Co. to nearly 3 million items. It is regarded as the largest public collection of postcards and related materials in the world, and a premier source of images from the 20th century.

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