Credits

Photographs and prints

Unless noted, each image is in the public domain, published before 1931 or without a copyright notice, and was cropped and toned.

1. The Illinois River at Peoria, by moonlight, 1908
   One frame of a stereograph by the International Stereograph Co. Library of Congress.
2. A Navy band on Court House Square, Peoria, about 1918, and its record card
   “Sailor Band Concert, showing the crowd attending, Peoria, Illinois,” by Bert C. Powers. American Unofficial Collection of World War I Photographs, 165-WW-328B-6, National Archives. No use restriction is listed; copyright status unconfirmed. The card is shown in part, not toned.
3. Mandolin Club, Eureka College, 1898
   Eureka College Souvenir. University of Illinois Library, via the Internet Archive.
4. Mandolin Club, Bradley Polytechnic Institute, 1905
   The Polyscope, 1905, whose ads name E. W. Bach as its photographer. Bradley University Library. Also turned upright.
5. The Horological Band, Bradley Polytechnic Institute, 1909–10
   The Polyscope, 1910. Bradley University Library.
6. Hoffman and His “Record Style” Orchestra, 1922
   An ad in The Polyscope, 1922. Bradley University Library.
7. Peoria Symphony Orchestra, 1933–34 season
   From Mariesta Dodge Howland Bloom, The Song That Didn’t Die (1959). University of Illinois Library, via the Internet Archive. Also turned upright.
8. Bradley University Band, 1946–47
   The Polyscope, 1947, which credits its group photographs to Associated Photographers. Bradley University Library.
9. Phi Mu Alpha, Bradley’s music fraternity, 1956
   The Anaga, 1956. Bradley University Library.
10. Folk singing in Bradley’s Student Center, 1964
    The Anaga, 1964. Bradley University Library.
11. Stage Band, Morton High School, 1973
    The Cauldron, 1973. Internet Archive, from a Classmates.com scan.
12. Gospel Choir, Bradley University, 1980–81
    The Anaga, 1981, which credits its group photographs to Kevin Morrissey. Bradley University Library. Published without a copyright notice and not registered within five years (Copyright Office records, searched November 2, 2026), so its copyright appears to have lapsed; Bradley University Library lists it as not in copyright.
13. The Bret Bunton Project at the Illinois Blues Festival, Peoria, September 5, 2015
    “Bret Bunton 03” by Roberta (Robbi O), on Flickr, licensed CC BY 2.0. Toned; the photographer’s mark is kept.
14. Peoria, Illinois, 1867
    A bird’s-eye view drawn by A. Ruger. Library of Congress. A detail, not toned.
15. “The Original Jazz Band,” 1918
    A newspaper clipping in The Polyscope, 1918. Bradley University Library.
16. Peoria Civic Orchestra, about 1928
    The Polyscope, 1929 volume, whose ads name Nicholson’s Studio as its photographer. Bradley University Library.
17. A Cappella Choir, Bradley Polytechnic Institute, 1945–46
    The Polyscope, 1946, which thanks Associated Photographers, Walden S. Fabry Studio and Holland-McFall Studios. Bradley University Library.
18. A Cappella Choir, East Peoria Community High School, 1950
    The Epoch, 1950, which thanks John J. Watchinski of Camera Craft Studio, Normal. Internet Archive, from a Classmates.com scan.
19. The University Band at Homecoming, Bradley University, fall 1957
    The Anaga, 1958. Bradley University Library.
20. The Bradley Chorale, 1964–65
    The Anaga, 1965, whose photographer was Jerry Bell. Bradley University Library.
21. Jazz Band, Bradley University, 1975–76
    The Anaga, 1976, whose photographers were Bob Millice and Joel Barckvill. Bradley University Library.
22. Downtown Peoria from East Peoria, July 2013
    “Peoria Skyline” by Bohao Zhao, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed CC BY 3.0. Cropped and toned.
23. Upper Peoria Lake from the Tower Park deck, Peoria Heights, October 2023
    By NatFee, on Wikimedia Commons, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped and toned; this version is shared under the same license.
24. Guitars in a secondhand store window, Peoria, May 1938
    By Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration; a U.S. government work. Library of Congress.