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"Look who dropped in." Residents along Van Doren Street in Champaign visit with balloonists who were forced to land in front yards. The unexpected visitors dropped in on the area near Springfield and Prospect avenues in Champaign about 7 p.m. when…

"Look who dropped in." Residents along Van Doren Street in Champaign visit with balloonists who were forced to land in front yards. The unexpected visitors dropped in on the area near Springfield and Prospect avenues in Champaign about 7 p.m. when…

Article on the Homer Women's Club in the Courier in 1953.

Glass plate negative on light box fabricated by Block to
more easily view the negatives. The light box has 12 individually wired light bulbs, so that Block
could precisely control the backlight.

This notebook created by Everett Block has a listing for each of the intact glass negatives found in the Thompson House. Any information he was able to obtain on the images is written next to it. Additional information he gathered in interviews is…

Christmas-themed poem about the Fortnightly Club and its members

Photograph of members of the Fortnightly Club at the club's 75th anniversary

Fred and Betty Turner's 1973 woodblock print of the Cattle Bank for their annual Christmas card.

Fred and Betty Turner's 1967 wood block print of Altgeld Hall for their annual Christmas card.

Inside page of Fred and Betty Turner's 1967 Christmas Card that featured the University of Illinois University Hall (bottom) and the north clock tower of the Illini Union (top).