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Archive of: November, 2014

Photo of the Week, 94: Thanksgiving at ISSCS, 1962

Photo of the Week, 92: Thanksgiving at ISSCS, 1962 Happy Thanksgiving!

Two orphans from the Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's School with 39 Thanksgiving turkeys, being readied for Thanksgiving Day in 1962.

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Photo of the Week, 92: Thanksgiving in the Great Depression, 1938

Photo of the Week, 92: Thanksgiving in the Great Depression, 1938

On the day before Thanksgiving in 1938, the Young Men's Commercial Club of Bloomington prepared gift baskets for local needy families.

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Photo of the Week, 91: High-Wire Act on the Square, 1939

Photo of the Week, 91: High-Wire Act on the Square, 1939

In 1939, Bloomington-based Billetti troupe performed a perilous three high pyramid on bicycles without safety nets.

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