Images: #TBT Gallery revisits September 1966
We took a look at what our staff photographers were taking pictures of 50 years ago this month, in September 1966. The Daily Herald wasn't even a daily newspaper then. Our photographers used medium format cameras for some assignments and shot everything on black and white film. The fashions have changed, as have the cars and bicycles, but there was plenty of road construction going on just like today.
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A photographer caught a student leaving Elk Grove High School on the first day of the school year in this artsy composition shot through a window of the school.
Daily Herald file, September 1966
The photographer chose to shoot the first day of school through the window at Elk Grove High School. Or perhaps, for security reasons like today, he wasn't allowed to make pictures inside the school.
Daily Herald file, September 1966
The handwritten notes on this photo did not identify the boy with a pet skunk in Arlington Heights, nor did they say how or why he got the animal.
Daily Herald file, September 1966
The Buffalo Grove Day parade featured a float of an astronaut emerging from a space capsule three years before Neil Armstrong walked on the moon.
Daily Herald file, September 1966
Children wore their best outfits and chose an array of transportation to watch the Buffalo Grove Day parade. The station wagons in the background have given way to SUV's these days.
Daily Herald file, September 1966
Kids still get their faces painted at festivals, just as this boy did at the Old Town Art Fair in Elk Grove Village.
Daily Herald file, September 1966
Wise Road is now a busy, five-lane road with dozens of businesses, neighborhoods, parks and schools, but 50 years ago, it was a wide open dirt road under construction at the edge of Schaumburg.
Daily Herald file, September 1966
This Roselle gardener grew a cucumber large enough to be featured in the newspaper.
Daily Herald file, September 1966
Addison Trail High School was still under construction when classes started in September 1966, even though it was the second year of it's existence.
Daily Herald file, September 1966
Addison Trail High School was still under construction when classes started in September 1966, even though it was the second year of it's existence.
Daily Herald file, September 1966
Models showed off fall fashions in the newspaper studio.
Daily Herald file, September 1966
Models showed off fall fashions in the newspaper studio.
Daily Herald file, September 1966
Models showed off fall fashions in the newspaper studio.
Daily Herald file, September 1966
Models showed off fall fashions in the newspaper studio.
Daily Herald file, September 1966
A fishing derby in Schaumburg was well attended by youngsters with long cane poles.
Daily Herald file, September 1966
High school football games were played during daylight hours like this game featuring Addison Trail High School at Elk Grove High School.
Daily Herald file, September 1966
Band uniforms look quite similar today as these at the Addison Trail High School at Elk Grove High School football game.
Daily Herald file, September 1966
Cheerleaders wore long shorts and short socks during the Addison Trail High School at Elk Grove High School football game.
Daily Herald file, September 1966
The coach wore a pressed shirt and tie during the Addison Trail High School at Elk Grove High School football game.
Daily Herald file, September 1966
Prizes at the Schaumburg Community Days midway games were bigger than the kids.
Daily Herald file, September 1966
A photographer got a ride in an airplane to make photos in this suburban area.
Daily Herald file, September 1966
A photographer got a ride in an airplane to make photos in this suburban area.
Daily Herald file, September 1966
There was not information telling why "Ladies pumping gas" was an event, but they seem happy to be doing it.
Daily Herald file, September 1966
Kids line up for cotton candy at the Des Plaines Fun Fair.
Daily Herald file, September 1966
You don't see balloons on a stick anymore like at the Des Plaines Fun Fair 50 years ago.
Daily Herald file, September 1966
For some reason, parking meters were being removed in Palatine.
Daily Herald file, September 1966
The only water in Pioneer Park now is a concrete swimming pool. It looks like these boys are fishing in the same pool 50 years ago in Arlington Heights.
Daily Herald file, September 1966
Widening a road in 1966 was backbreaking work in Buffalo Grove.
Daily Herald file, September 1966
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