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Photo of the Week, 45: Christmas in Bloomington, 1941

By Bill Kemp
December 12th, 2013
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Photo of the Week, 44: Timberrr!

By Torii Moré
December 6th, 2013
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Photo of the Week, 43: Happy Thanksgiving from the Museum!

By Bill Kemp
November 28th, 2013
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Photo of the Week, 42: Local Memorial Services for Slain President

By Bill Kemp
November 21st, 2013
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Photo of the Week, 41: We’re Number One!

By Bill Kemp
November 14th, 2013
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Big Dance in Colfax—100 years ago!

By Bill Kemp
November 8th, 2013
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Ronald Reagan poses with 5 women who are all smiling and holding papers

Photo of the Week, 40: “The Gipper” here in 1955

By Bill Kemp
November 7th, 2013
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the back of a truck is pulled up to a sidewalk. a crowd has gathered and a man in uniform is in the center.

Photo of the Week, 39: Move Along Folks . . . Nothing to See Here

By Bill Kemp
October 31st, 2013
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a group of 28 gathered in the corner of a basement. they are all wearing costumes and there are decorations on the windows and walls.

Photo of the Week, 38: Boo!

By Bill Kemp
October 24th, 2013
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A shorter white man standing next to a tall Black man. Ellington has his arm around the other man's shouder.

Photo of the Week, 37: The “A” Train Stopped in Bloomington back in ‘72

By Bill Kemp
October 16th, 2013
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a large group of people including four nuns seated in the jury box in the courtroom of the museum

Photo of the Week, 36: "Give us your poor, your tired, your huddled masses longing to be free..."

By Bill Kemp
October 9th, 2013
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view of the front of a three story brick building. a tall sign reads JESUS ONLY and the first floor is covered in signage incluing

Photo of the Week, 35: Home Sweet Home Mission, Downtown Bloomington, 1920s

By Torii Moré
October 7th, 2013
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a birds eye view of buildings with one that says 5 Mi Bloomington with a large arrow.

Photo of the Week, 34: Bloomington that-a-way?

By Torii Moré
September 25th, 2013
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a man with dark hair, suit, and bow tie speaks into a microphone and gestures with his hand

Photo of the Week, 33: Bow Tie Brainpower

By Bill Kemp
September 18th, 2013
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16 men wearing matching clothes stand for a picture

Photo of the Week, 32: Are you ready for some football?

By Bill Kemp
September 11th, 2013
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3 men and 2 women stand outside a large biplane

Photo of the Week, 31: Visiting your aunts . . . 1935 style!

By Bill Kemp
September 4th, 2013
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a man and woman hold hands on a corner of downtown Bloomington

Photo of the Week, 30: Gertrude Fifer and Grandson Joe Bohrer

By Bill Kemp
August 28th, 2013
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an assembly line with multiple stoves lined up, and men working on them.

Photo of the Week, 29: Blue Collar Bloomington

By Bill Kemp
August 21st, 2013
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12 cribs are in a small room with two nuns

Photo of the Week, 28: Waaaaaa!

By Bill Kemp
August 14th, 2013
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light streams into a large room with multiple tables, people at each table, and short book shelves on the perimeter

Photo of the Week, 27: Shhhhh!

By Bill Kemp
August 7th, 2013
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an african american man sits and smiles at the camera, people are around him presumably waiting for autographs. he has a pen and paper in his hand

Photo of the Week, 26: On Your Mark, Get Set, Go!

By Bill Kemp
July 31st, 2013
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a large number of people on a set stage including a fascade with stone arches

Photo of the Week, 25: Et tu, Brute? “Julius Caesar” at the Consistory, 1931

By Bill Kemp
July 24th, 2013
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6 boys and 1 girl play pool in a large space with a tall ceiling

Photo of the Week, 24: Seven ball in the corner pocket . . .

By Bill Kemp
July 17th, 2013
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a uniformed soldier touches a monument

Photo of the Week, 23: World War II Drinking Fountain Flows Once More!

By Bill Kemp
July 10th, 2013
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a man with glasses holds scissors and a comb near the head of a chip who is seated with a cape on. it looks like he is itching his nose.

Photo of the Week, 22: A Little Off the Top

By Bill Kemp
July 3rd, 2013
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Three men stand inside a store. papers hang all around them.

Photo of the Week, 21: Kadgihn’s, downtown Bloomington, 1921

By Bill Kemp
June 26th, 2013
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photo of the front of a storefront in downtown bloomington

Photo of the Week, 20: Grocery Shopping in the Great Depression

By Bill Kemp
June 19th, 2013
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a large crowd gathered on the street

Photo of the Week 19: New Deal Rally, September 1933

By Bill Kemp
June 12th, 2013
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a man wearing a uniform holding a large pile of license plants. he is standing on a sidewalk near a fence and there is snow on the ground.

Photo of the Week, 18: 1,000 License Plates Contributed in WW II Drive

By Bill Kemp
June 5th, 2013
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a brick building with glass fascade and a large vertical sign that starts at the roof line and extends at least 10 or 15 feet up in the air that says Chevrolet

Photo of the Week, 17: Tracy Green & Co., circa 1928

By Bill Kemp
May 29th, 2013
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