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Photo of the Week, 16: Cropsey Railroad Station

Village of Saybrook Center Street, 1941

Up and Over Downs May 1953

Bloomington Municipal Airport June 20, 1941

Future Flying Farmers? Bloomington Municipal Airport, 1953

Men with Hats Passenger Service Inaugurated Old ‘Bloomington’ Airport, 1931

Bloomington Municipal Airport Terminal, April 1964

Photo of the Week, 3: C.U. Wiliams and Son Co., 1914

Photo of the Week, 7: Oasis Drive-In, Lexington, 1961

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

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

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

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

Photo of the Week, 27: Shhhhh!

Chenoa Airport, 1948

Prairie Birds to the Rescue! Great Chicago Fire, October 8-9, 1871

Anchor School Circa 1900

Sinoark’s ‘Frontier Room’ Opens October 1959

LeRoy Aerial East of Downtown, January 1933

Veterans Parkway as the Route 66 ‘Beltline’ December 1960

Village of Colfax February 14, 1938

Davis Lodge, Under Construction Lake Bloomington, April 1932

Independence Day 1964 Miller Park, Bloomington

Downtown Bloomington September 1938

North Gate Subdivision Northeast Normal, July 1964

Photo of the Week, 67: Welcome to Normal, 1969

Photo of the Week, 75: Amen and Let's Eat!

Photo of the Week, 96: The Most Popular Guy in the Room

Old Main Comes Down September 9, 1958

Angelic Coeds, September 27, 1940 Dedication of the Van Leer Chime Tower

Irvin Theatre, June 1938 202 E. Jefferson St., Bloomington

Miller Park Beach July 1941

Paving, 400 block North Main Street June 1938

Irvin Theater, Bloomington Circa 1958

The Times They Have Changed! Town of Normal, 1966

Penney’s Readies Eastland Store November 9, 1966

Eureka Williams aerial June 1966

That’s Why They Call It Six Points Outer Bloomington, Early October 1933

Home Sweet Home Mission, 1923 1006 W. Washington St., Bloomington

Lakeside Country Club Aerial 1930

St. Joseph’s Hospital, Bloomington Under Construction, circa 1967

Excuse me, comin’ through May 1968

Book Lover in Seventh Heaven May 1968

Franklin Park’s new evergreens April 1958

300 Block North Main Street May 1937

What a View!

McLean County Fair, 1951

Mobile Home Living, Bloomington Catherine Heineman, January 1953

Emerson School, Bloomington March 1976

Lathrop's Barbershop, 1914

Payless Drugs, July 1940 Downtown Bloomington

Unitarian Church of Bloomington 209 N. East St., undated

C.W. Frey’s Showroom Downtown Bloomington, circa 1929-30

Lost Bloomington Grace Methodist Church

Ritter School, 1941 Martin Township

My Store, undated Downtown Bloomington

National Bank of Bloomington Main and Washington, 1930s

McLean County Fairgrounds Old East Side Location, Undated

Booker T. Washington Home West Side of Bloomington, Undated

Downtown Bloomington, circa 1927 100 Block of East Front Street

Back to School Illinois Wesleyan, September 1938

Lost Bloomington South End of Downtown

Illinois Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home Home Band, 1930

Lost Treasure of Bloomington First Church of Christ, Scientist

“A City Unto Itself” Chicago & Alton RR Shops

Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church Bloomington, June 9, 1940

Bloomington’s “Great West Side” July 1932

Dedication of Holton Homes Bloomington’s West Side, July 1954

‘Union’ Depot, December 1979 Bloomington’s West Side

Bohemian Bloomington Evans Building, December 1947

Idle Youth Miller Park, July 1957

Bloomington High School Under Construction, August 1958

Knights of Columbus’ New Home 1206 N. Main St., Bloomington December 1927

North Side of Courthouse Square Downtown Bloomington, circa 1956

New Corn Belt Bank, November 1961 East and Jefferson, Downtown Bloomington

Union Bus Station, 1956 523 N. East Street, Bloomington

General Electric Plant Route 66 “Beltline,” 1968

The Gem Saloon, c. 1880 West Side of Courthouse Square, Bloomington

Waterless Lake Bloomington Circa July 1929

BHS Athletic Field Undated Aerial

Esquire Theatre, circa 1944 Downtown Bloomington

Twilight of the Interurban Downtown Bloomington, 1950

Second Presbyterian Church block Pre-Parking Lot Mania

Downtown Bloomington, April 1948 East Side of Courthouse Square

Out with the Old . . . Keiser-Van Leer Expansion, 1936

Community Players Groundbreaking December 7, 1960

Bright Lights in Time for Christmas Downtown Bloomington, December 1958

200 Block W. Washington St. Downtown Bloomington, 1965

Downtown Bloomington Early 1920s

East Side Exodus, November 1966 Penney’s to Eastland Mall

Miller Park and Bloomington’s West Side Undated Aerial

East Washington Street 200 Block, Circa 1956

Improvements Slated for Danvers, 1936

Photo of the Week, 55: McKnight & McKnight Building, August 1929

Waiting for the wrecking ball, 1971 200 block South Main Street

Ensenberger’s, 1925 West Side of Square, Bloomington

Photo of the Week, 114: Downtown Bloomington, 1931

Photo of the Week, 115: Threatened Downtown Beauty

Photo of the Week, 124: ‘Swing Time’ at Victory Hall October 1935

Photo of the Week, 122: Watterson Towers, October 1967 -- Twenty-One Stories to Go!

Mount Hope Ladies Aid Moore’s Mill Marker, August 1968

Photo of the Week, 57: Dedication of the Normal Post Office, 1936

Urban Renewal, Bloomington Future Site of Library, 1971

Another One Bites the Dust Mar-Len Hotel, June 1988

Finding Aids

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Blue Mound School

Booker T. Washington Home

Holy Trinity Church and Schools

Grand Opera House

Bloomington Public Schools

Vrooman
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Bridgestone Firestone

Brokaw Hospital Newsletter
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Brokaw/Mennonite/BroMenn Hospitals

Capen Insurance / Capen Family

Carius, Larry

Carlock Schools

Century of Progress Collection
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Community Players

Corn Bowl

Espey (Pharmacy)

Garst, Elmer Record Book

German Evangelical Church

Home Sweet Home Mission
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Houghton School

Illinois Wesleyan University
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Lake Bloomington Association
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Lincoln School

McLean County Ethnographies

Normal Avenue Neighborhood Club

Old North Normal Historic District Association

Olde Towne Neighborhood Association

One O’Clock Schoolers Club

Patton Cabin

Phoenix Family and Nursery

Putman, Dale and Ruth of Pleasant Hill

Rutledge School (Downs Township)

Steak N Shake

Village of McLean (Crain Research Project)

Withers Home
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Franklin Park
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General Electric
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Corn Belt Bank

Wood, Lois Postcard

Helen Littleton Burns Postcard Collection

Murray & Carmody Funeral Home

Vrooman Mansion - Theora Stark

Ensenberger Furniture Store

Old Settlers Association of Eastern McLean County

Castle Theater

Historical Markers

Building a Home 505 Bowles

Ensenberger Building

McLean County Bank Building

Multiple Listing Service

Old House Society

People’s Bank

Cemeteries in McLean County Collection

Constitution Trail

Downtown Bloomington Redevelopment Collection

McLean County Courthouse Clock

Money Creek Municipal

Uniquely Bloomington

Carlock Public Library

Downtown Bloomington Historical Survey

McLean County WWII Memorial

Moraine View State Recreation Area

Sister City Asahikawa

Stevenson Boyhood Home

Vladimir/Canterbury Sister City Committee

State Farm Building

McLean County Courthouses

William B. Price—McLean County Courthouse

St. John’s Lutheran Church

Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's School (ISSCS)

World's Columbian Exposition

Children’s Theater Association of Bloomington-Normal
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Klemm’s Department Store

Stickrod’s Drug Store

Wayman AME Church Archaeology
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Camelback Bridge
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Eureka Williams Electrolux

Gravestone Photographs

Illinois Central Railroad

Mennonite Hospital Newsletter

Mennonite Hospital Nursing

Miller Park

Moses Montefiore Temple

Normal Community High School

Restaurant Menu

Children and Elders Forest

David Davis Mansion

Evergreen Cemetery Walk – Miller

Dimmitts Grove Neighborhood Association

Angler’s Lake
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Arthur Pillsbury Collection

Baby Fold
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Beich Collection
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Normal Theater

Bloomingdale School (Randolph Township)

Bloomington Cemetery Association

Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts (BCPA)
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Bloomington Fire Collection

Bloomington High School

Bloomington Public Library Time Capsule 1977

Publications

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History of Holy Trinity Parish, Bloomington, Illinois

Wayman AME Church A 175 Year Jubilant Journey Book

Wayman AME Church: One Hundred Fifty Years Of History

Standing On The Corner: A Tour of the Architecture of Downtown Bloomington

Bloomington, Illinois 1867 (Bird's-eye view)

Speakers Bureau

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Downtown Bloomington Architectural Tour

Old McLean County Courthouse

McLean County Lost: An Illustrated Tour of Vanished Worlds

Websites

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QR Code Smart Phone Tour of Downtown Bloomington

Photo of the Week, 16: Cropsey Railroad Station

Village of Saybrook Center Street, 1941

Up and Over Downs May 1953

Bloomington Municipal Airport June 20, 1941

Future Flying Farmers? Bloomington Municipal Airport, 1953

Men with Hats Passenger Service Inaugurated Old ‘Bloomington’ Airport, 1931

Bloomington Municipal Airport Terminal, April 1964

Photo of the Week, 3: C.U. Wiliams and Son Co., 1914

Photo of the Week, 7: Oasis Drive-In, Lexington, 1961

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

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

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

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

Photo of the Week, 27: Shhhhh!

Chenoa Airport, 1948

Prairie Birds to the Rescue! Great Chicago Fire, October 8-9, 1871

Anchor School Circa 1900

Sinoark’s ‘Frontier Room’ Opens October 1959

LeRoy Aerial East of Downtown, January 1933

Veterans Parkway as the Route 66 ‘Beltline’ December 1960

Village of Colfax February 14, 1938

Davis Lodge, Under Construction Lake Bloomington, April 1932

Independence Day 1964 Miller Park, Bloomington

Downtown Bloomington September 1938

North Gate Subdivision Northeast Normal, July 1964

Photo of the Week, 67: Welcome to Normal, 1969

Photo of the Week, 75: Amen and Let's Eat!

Photo of the Week, 96: The Most Popular Guy in the Room

Old Main Comes Down September 9, 1958

Angelic Coeds, September 27, 1940 Dedication of the Van Leer Chime Tower

Irvin Theatre, June 1938 202 E. Jefferson St., Bloomington

Miller Park Beach July 1941

Paving, 400 block North Main Street June 1938

Irvin Theater, Bloomington Circa 1958

The Times They Have Changed! Town of Normal, 1966

Penney’s Readies Eastland Store November 9, 1966

Eureka Williams aerial June 1966

That’s Why They Call It Six Points Outer Bloomington, Early October 1933

Home Sweet Home Mission, 1923 1006 W. Washington St., Bloomington

Lakeside Country Club Aerial 1930

St. Joseph’s Hospital, Bloomington Under Construction, circa 1967

Excuse me, comin’ through May 1968

Book Lover in Seventh Heaven May 1968

Franklin Park’s new evergreens April 1958

300 Block North Main Street May 1937

What a View!

McLean County Fair, 1951

Mobile Home Living, Bloomington Catherine Heineman, January 1953

Emerson School, Bloomington March 1976

Lathrop's Barbershop, 1914

Payless Drugs, July 1940 Downtown Bloomington

Unitarian Church of Bloomington 209 N. East St., undated

C.W. Frey’s Showroom Downtown Bloomington, circa 1929-30

Lost Bloomington Grace Methodist Church

Ritter School, 1941 Martin Township

My Store, undated Downtown Bloomington

National Bank of Bloomington Main and Washington, 1930s

McLean County Fairgrounds Old East Side Location, Undated

Booker T. Washington Home West Side of Bloomington, Undated

Downtown Bloomington, circa 1927 100 Block of East Front Street

Back to School Illinois Wesleyan, September 1938

Lost Bloomington South End of Downtown

Illinois Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home Home Band, 1930

Lost Treasure of Bloomington First Church of Christ, Scientist

“A City Unto Itself” Chicago & Alton RR Shops

Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church Bloomington, June 9, 1940

Bloomington’s “Great West Side” July 1932

Dedication of Holton Homes Bloomington’s West Side, July 1954

‘Union’ Depot, December 1979 Bloomington’s West Side

Bohemian Bloomington Evans Building, December 1947

Idle Youth Miller Park, July 1957

Bloomington High School Under Construction, August 1958

Knights of Columbus’ New Home 1206 N. Main St., Bloomington December 1927

North Side of Courthouse Square Downtown Bloomington, circa 1956

New Corn Belt Bank, November 1961 East and Jefferson, Downtown Bloomington

Union Bus Station, 1956 523 N. East Street, Bloomington

General Electric Plant Route 66 “Beltline,” 1968

The Gem Saloon, c. 1880 West Side of Courthouse Square, Bloomington

Waterless Lake Bloomington Circa July 1929

BHS Athletic Field Undated Aerial

Esquire Theatre, circa 1944 Downtown Bloomington

Twilight of the Interurban Downtown Bloomington, 1950

Second Presbyterian Church block Pre-Parking Lot Mania

Downtown Bloomington, April 1948 East Side of Courthouse Square

Out with the Old . . . Keiser-Van Leer Expansion, 1936

Community Players Groundbreaking December 7, 1960

Bright Lights in Time for Christmas Downtown Bloomington, December 1958

200 Block W. Washington St. Downtown Bloomington, 1965

Downtown Bloomington Early 1920s

East Side Exodus, November 1966 Penney’s to Eastland Mall

Miller Park and Bloomington’s West Side Undated Aerial

East Washington Street 200 Block, Circa 1956

Improvements Slated for Danvers, 1936

Photo of the Week, 55: McKnight & McKnight Building, August 1929

Waiting for the wrecking ball, 1971 200 block South Main Street

Ensenberger’s, 1925 West Side of Square, Bloomington

Photo of the Week, 114: Downtown Bloomington, 1931

Photo of the Week, 115: Threatened Downtown Beauty

Photo of the Week, 124: ‘Swing Time’ at Victory Hall October 1935

Photo of the Week, 122: Watterson Towers, October 1967 -- Twenty-One Stories to Go!

Mount Hope Ladies Aid Moore’s Mill Marker, August 1968

Photo of the Week, 57: Dedication of the Normal Post Office, 1936

Urban Renewal, Bloomington Future Site of Library, 1971

Another One Bites the Dust Mar-Len Hotel, June 1988

Blue Mound School

Booker T. Washington Home

Holy Trinity Church and Schools

Grand Opera House

Bloomington Public Schools

Vrooman
=""

Bridgestone Firestone

Brokaw Hospital Newsletter
="" =""

Brokaw/Mennonite/BroMenn Hospitals

Capen Insurance / Capen Family

Carius, Larry

Carlock Schools

Century of Progress Collection
=""

Community Players

Corn Bowl

Espey (Pharmacy)

Garst, Elmer Record Book

German Evangelical Church

Home Sweet Home Mission
=""

Houghton School

Illinois Wesleyan University
="" ="Illustration

Lake Bloomington Association
="Lincoln

Lincoln School

McLean County Ethnographies

Normal Avenue Neighborhood Club

Old North Normal Historic District Association

Olde Towne Neighborhood Association

One O’Clock Schoolers Club

Patton Cabin

Phoenix Family and Nursery

Putman, Dale and Ruth of Pleasant Hill

Rutledge School (Downs Township)

Steak N Shake

Village of McLean (Crain Research Project)

Withers Home
=""

Franklin Park
=""

General Electric
=""

Corn Belt Bank

Wood, Lois Postcard

Helen Littleton Burns Postcard Collection

Murray & Carmody Funeral Home

Vrooman Mansion - Theora Stark

Ensenberger Furniture Store

Old Settlers Association of Eastern McLean County

Castle Theater

Historical Markers

Building a Home 505 Bowles

Ensenberger Building

McLean County Bank Building

Multiple Listing Service

Old House Society

People’s Bank

Cemeteries in McLean County Collection

Constitution Trail

Downtown Bloomington Redevelopment Collection

McLean County Courthouse Clock

Money Creek Municipal

Uniquely Bloomington

Carlock Public Library

Downtown Bloomington Historical Survey

McLean County WWII Memorial

Moraine View State Recreation Area

Sister City Asahikawa

Stevenson Boyhood Home

Vladimir/Canterbury Sister City Committee

State Farm Building

McLean County Courthouses

William B. Price—McLean County Courthouse

St. John’s Lutheran Church

Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's School (ISSCS)

World's Columbian Exposition

Children’s Theater Association of Bloomington-Normal
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Klemm’s Department Store

Stickrod’s Drug Store

Wayman AME Church Archaeology
=""

Camelback Bridge
="Aerial

Eureka Williams Electrolux

Gravestone Photographs

Illinois Central Railroad

Mennonite Hospital Newsletter

Mennonite Hospital Nursing

Miller Park

Moses Montefiore Temple

Normal Community High School

Restaurant Menu

Children and Elders Forest

David Davis Mansion

Evergreen Cemetery Walk – Miller

Dimmitts Grove Neighborhood Association

Angler’s Lake
="A ="Portrait ="A

Arthur Pillsbury Collection

Baby Fold
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Beich Collection
=""

Normal Theater

Bloomingdale School (Randolph Township)

Bloomington Cemetery Association

Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts (BCPA)
="The ="Postcard ="Courthouse ="View ="Courthouse ="Courthouse ="Courthouse ="View ="East ="Ruins ="View ="Looking ="Rebuilding ="" ="" ="" ="" ="" ="" ="" ="" ="" ="" ="" ="" ="" ="" =""

Bloomington Fire Collection

Bloomington High School

Bloomington Public Library Time Capsule 1977