Posts about Kids Having Fun
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Whites-only beach Miller Park, Bloomington, July 1940
From the 1910s into the 1950s, there were racially segregated beaches at Miller Park. The much larger and much nicer beach shown here w...
Independence Day 1964 Miller Park, Bloomington
For well over a century, Miller Park on Bloomington’s west side has served as home to many the city’s Fourth of July activities, includ...
Tot Tries Tiny Tractor August 1947
Three-year-old Janet Schultze gets comfortable on her father Floyd Schultze’s two-cylinder, nine horsepower tractor. This was no child’...
On Parade Elementary Rhythm Band, July 1951
On Tuesday we posted another photograph featuring this neighborhood music class. These children, who were between the ages of thee and ...
“A-One, and a-Two, and a-Three …” Elementary Rhythm Band, July 1951
Tammi Orendorff conducts Kay Baylor’s elementary rhythm band during the summer of 1951. Baylor, who taught piano and music theory from ...
Free-range Kids April 1938
This mystery photograph comes from the Museum’s collection of Pantagraph negatives. We don’t know the names of these kids or the rural ...
Freitag children, rural Stanford February 1959
Jane and Doug Freitag horse around with a canine friend at their family farm outside of Stanford in Allin Township. They’re standing at...
Soap Box Derby Saybrook, July 14, 1937
That’s Bob Butler on the white pony towing Eugene Stauffer, third-place soap box derby finisher in the Class B division. Some 350 area ...
Mississippi Orphans Go Sledding Highland Park, Bloomington, 1963
Pastor J.H. Yohe of First Pentecostal Church of Bloomington gives a sled a push at Highland Park Golf Course a day or two before Christ...
Depression-Era Skaters Bloomington, Circa 1930s
This lovely photo is a mystery. The year, location, and those pictured are unknown.If you can help us, please contact Museum Librarian ...
Photo of the Week: Dolls On Parade O’Neil Park, July 1939
The once-annual O’Neil Park doll parade on Bloomington’s west side prepares to get underway, Friday, July 28, 1936. The parade was led ...