Old pictures of Bloomington

c. 1870

PLAYING WITH A MONKEY

1938

A farming family poses in front of their home

1945

A Dutch woman cuts her hair for her affair with a German soldier

1938

Waiting for a bus

1912

CON LOS MUERTOS EN LA BATALLA

1937

Backyard of James Simmons' farmhouse

1910

College Dormitory

1937

A child reaches for a bowl

1857

Abraham Lincoln by Hesler

1889

Cabinet card

1900

Jenkins Juvenile Band

1906

Cowboy barber shop

1920

Ronald Reagan's 4th Grade class

1917

Ronald Reagan, (with "Dutch" haircut) Neil Reagan, and parents

c. 1923

Ronald Reagan

c. 1900

Wendt Jewelry Store

1927

TOBOGGAN

1935

Photographers

1942

Bud Taylor's Garage and Gas Station

c. 1892

Cabinet card

1945

SUMMER!!

1879

Locomotive Engine 53

1900

August Scheele in his grocery store

1943

Santa Fe freight about to leave

1899

ERNEST HEMINGWAY 5 MONTHS

c. 1890

Lew Wallace at his home

1918

Ed Peters and wife Minnie

1918

Michigan Avenue

1941

The band at the Savoy Ballroom

1923

notable Chicagoans associated with the fair met again

c. 1880

Cabinet card of “musical” cat

c. 1902

Rush St. Bridge

1971

Man on a wild chopper bicycle

c. 1930

re-enactment of the St. Valentine’s Day massacre

1937

A crowd in the Loop

1933

Schoenhofen Brewery

c. 1958

Clark Street Bridge

1920

Oscar 'Happy' Felsch

c. 1923

Women eating hot dogs

c. 1900

Rush Medical College lecture auditorium

1937

Sheridan Road ,Wilson Avenue