• Bloomington's Center St., 1857
• Hiring of A. Lincoln by Board of Ed.
• Abraham Lincoln, District 87's first counsel
• Judge Owen T. Reeves, First Superintendent of Schools
• Daniel Wilkens, Superintendent of Schools
• Wilkins Academy, BHS' first high school site
• The Old Barn School
• BHS' second building
• Original Emerson School, established 1858
• 1961 Civil War recruitment poster
• Original Franklin School, established 1867
• BHS, built in 1868
• Original Sheridan School, established 1869
• Original Irving School, established 1870
• Original Hawthorne (Bent) School, established 1870
• BHS Graduation Program, 1871
• Judge Thomas Tipton
• Jefferson School, established 1873
• Georgina Trotter, 1st female Board of Education member. Elected in 1874.
• Sarah E. Raymond, Superintendent of Schools 1874-1892
• Franklin School Report Card, 1876
• 1876 classroom
• 1876 Irving School classroom
• Katie N. Post. 1876 BHS graduate and one of our nation's first licensed physicians
• Adlai E. Stevenson Sr. Board of Education member who became VP of U.S.
• The legendary Pawnee Bill (Gordon Lillie) 1879 BHS graduate
• 1883 Manual of Instruction
• (Robert) Sidney Smith, former student and creator of the Gumps cartoon strip
• Original Raymond School, established 1887
• Teacher's contract, circa 1888
• Emerson School class photo, 1888
• Original Lincoln School, established 1895
• Franklin School's teachers, 1895
• Washington School, established 1896
• BHS' first girls' basketball team, 1896
• Bloomington High School, 1897
• Bloomington High School Football State Champs, 1899

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