Posts about Winter
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Mystery Snow Scene - Mystery Solved!
UPDATE: This scene looks north where Clinton St. approaches Oakland Ave, then jogs left to continue north. The house at the end of the ...
Snowbound Illinois Central Northeast of Fletcher, February 1908
A heavy snowfall in February 1908 put a halt to this steam locomotive somewhere between Merna and Fletcher, two tiny communities in eas...
Holiday season comes to an end January 4, 1965
Is there anything sadder than a dry and tindery Christmas tree, sans ornaments and lights, unceremoniously dumped curbside come early J...
Snow-shrouded Bloomington, undated 200 Block E. Jefferson St., north side
None of these buildings are standing today. This is all surface parking for Second Presbyterian Church and State Farm Insurance. The ch...
Holiday Hoops Pontiac, Dec. 30, 1948
The Pontiac Holiday Tournament is the nation’s oldest such Christmastime classic, dating as it does way back to 1926. Seen here are Uni...
Santa on Parade December 1948
On December 5, 1948, Santa arrived in Bloomington via the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad. From the west side passenger station he tra...
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...
Holiday Shopping Downtown Bloomington, December 1953
Seen here are shoppers out and about downtown Bloomington in mid-December 1953. This location, as well as the folks shown here, are uni...
Beats shoveling … Normal, Dec. 22, 1953
Three inches of snow the morning of Dec. 22, 1953, had Don Locke of Bryan’s Standard Service Station, 207 S. Main St., Normal, out plow...
Holiday Shopping 1932 Downtown Bloomington
Back in the 1930s downtown was the place to go for all your holiday shopping. This snowy Depression-era scene shows the corner of Main ...
Santa and His Six (?) Reindeer Bloomington Christmas Parade, 1929
The December 3, 1929 Christmas parade in Bloomington featured Santa Claus, six marching bands, a drum corps, and eleven floats, among m...
McHistory: Winter of Deep Snow
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