Photos
If you are interested in obtaining copies of archival images, please refer to these documents:
Search all of our digitized photos
To search all of our digitized images at one time, please use the button below. It will take you to the Illinois Digital Archive with all of our collections pre-selected. You will be searching all of the Pantagraph Negatives Collections, as well as our Public Life, Work, Architecture, and the Black History Project collections.
Pantagraph Negatives Collection
The Pantagraph Negatives are divided into separate collections based on date. Click on a collection below to search or browse! Currently we are digitizing and making available over 100,000 additional images through a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, the grant-making affiliate for the National Archives. The project will continue through the 2027 calendar year.
Pantagraph Negatives Collection Overview
1930-1939
1940-1945
1946-1949
1950-1954
1955-1959
Photo Collections & Publications
Architecture of McLean County
Bloomington-Normal Black History Project Photos
Public Life in McLean County
Work in McLean County
Historic Aerial Images
1954 American Aerial County History Series
1940 Aerial Imagery
Social Media Photos
We post historic images on various social media platforms. On Instagram we use some hashtags to group content. Many of the original files for these images can be found at the databases linked above.
