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December Sleigh Ride, 1963

By Bill Kemp
December 15th, 2016
Historic Photos
a crowd surrounds santa, who is on a wagon being pulled by 4 horses in Downtown Bloomington

Santa No Replacement for Mama Downtown Bloomington, December 4, 1948

By Bill Kemp
December 14th, 2016
Historic Photos

Beats shoveling … Normal, Dec. 22, 1953

By Bill Kemp
December 13th, 2016
Historic Photos
over 12 people, mostly women, stand at a counter with chocolates on display. two women behind the counter help customers. the room is small and the walls have floral wallpaper.

Livingston’s Christmas Rush 1953

By Bill Kemp
December 12th, 2016
Historic Photos
a young man with slicked back hair holds a poster sized stamp that says GREETINGS 1937 with a person in winter clothes holding a bell

Christmas Seals, 1937

By Bill Kemp
December 11th, 2016
Historic Photos

Santa at the Courthouse Square Downtown Bloomington, 1948

By Bill Kemp
December 10th, 2016
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Jennie Wickizer’s Bakery Downtown Bloomington, undated

By Bill Kemp
December 5th, 2016
Historic Photos

Newsletter: Winter 2016/2017

By Torii Moré
December 5th, 2016
Museum News On the Square Magazine

Lost Bloomington Grace Methodist Church

By Bill Kemp
December 4th, 2016
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Herman Glaser, December 1952 Stanford’s Toy Maker

By Bill Kemp
December 2nd, 2016
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