Posts about Clubs and Hobbies
Fifth annual Corn Belt Coin Show July 14-15, 1962
The two-day Corn Belt Coin Show in July 1962 was held at the Illinois Hotel (now Illinois House) in downtown Bloomington. Some 1,500 pe...
Mackinaw River catch, July 1940 Boolman residence, Bloomington
Chester Boolman, 820 W. Washington St., shows his 21-month-old son Melvin a 15-pound catfish he caught below the Kappa Bridge on the Ma...
Dr. Moate becomes proficient knitter April 1946
Dr. Thomas Moate, who practiced medicine in Gridley for 50 years, picked up knitting at the age of 70. He’s seen here in mid-April 1947...
Pointer and Setter Club Field Trials, April 1946
That’s “Jake,” a pointer puppy owned by “bird dog man” G.S. Bryant of Springfield and handled here by E.T. Burke of Farmersville. Jake ...
Herman Glaser, December 1952 Stanford’s Toy Maker
During the 1952 holiday season Stanford resident and retired farmer Herman Glaser displayed several of his personally designed and buil...
Darlene Bishop, Doll Collector Heyworth, August 1938
Twelve-year-old Darlene Bishop poses with her collection of 225 dolls in August 1938. Darlene, seen here in her bedroom at the family h...
Springtime in “BloNo’ Iris Walk, 1939
Although you wouldn’t know it from this past weekend’s weather, the end of May and the beginning of June mark the traditional start of ...
Photo of the Week, 108: Beekeeping During Wartime Sugar Shortage
In late February / early March 1942, Cropsey area farmer Edward Adams discussed the benefits of raising honeybees during the sugar shor...