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Historic Photos

We All Scream for Ice Cream

By Tod Eagleton
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Photo of the Week, 68: Memorial Day 1947

By Bill Kemp
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Photo of the Week, 67: Welcome to Normal, 1969

By Bill Kemp
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Photo of the Week, 66: African-American Voters Organize, February 1972

By Bill Kemp
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Photo of the Week, 65: Adolph ‘Sez’ Slow Down!

By Bill Kemp
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Photo of the Week, 64: Redbirds Crowned National Champs in 1969

By Bill Kemp
Illinois State University (ISU)
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Easter Parade, LeRoy Style, 1937

By Bill Kemp
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Photo of the Week, 63: ​Reefer Madness In Bloomington, November 1937

By Bill Kemp
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Photo of the Week, 62: Brother can you spare a . . . tractor

By Bill Kemp
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Soap Box Derby Dreams

By Tod Eagleton
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Photo of the Week, 61: Courthouse Square 1930

By Bill Kemp
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Photo of the Week, 60: Funks at Yosemite, June 1874

By Bill Kemp
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How much influence can a historic event have on popular clothing design?

By Susan Hartzold
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Photo of the Week, 59: Bloomington’s Paul Rhymer and the Golden Age of Radio

By Bill Kemp
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Photo of the Week, 58: War Clouds Loom, October 1940

By Bill Kemp
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Photo of the Week, 57: Dedication of the Normal Post Office, 1936

By Bill Kemp
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Photo of the Week, Thompson’s Lunchroom on the Museum Square, 1941

By Bill Kemp
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Photo of the Week, 56: Here She Is … ‘Miss Heart of the Corn Belt’ 1955

By Bill Kemp
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Photo of the Week, 55: McKnight & McKnight Building, August 1929

By Bill Kemp
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Photo of the Week, 54: Ike Sander’s “Short Order House,” ca. 1903-1911

By Bill Kemp
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Photo of the Week, 53: Bloomington-Normal Branch of the NAACP, 1944

By Bill Kemp
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Photo of the Week, 52: Feeding Time at Miller Park Zoo … Brought To You By Stern’s Furniture!

By Bill Kemp
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Photo of the Week, 51: Unexpected Archaeology, Downtown Bloomington, 1969

By Bill Kemp
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What the heck is Julia LeBeau playing?

By Susan Hartzold
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Photo of the Week, 50: The Dooleys in America

By Bill Kemp
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Photo of the Week, 49: Church League Hoops, ca. 1916

By Bill Kemp
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Photo of the Week, 48: Skimming On Steel at Miller Park

By Bill Kemp
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Photo of the Week, 47: Seasons Greetings . . . from South of the Border!

By Bill Kemp
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Photo of the Week, 46: Santa Spotted in Downtown Bloomington, 1929

By Bill Kemp
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Photo of the Week, 45: Christmas in Bloomington, 1941

By Bill Kemp