Images: Through the Film Magnifier: Blackhawks, Good Humor Man, Sears, Woodfield Mall and more
This edition of the Through the Film Magnifier gallery highlights Daily Herald archived photos of Harper College, Blackhawks hockey, Sears opening at Woodfield Mall, the Good Humor Man and more.
Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 28,444, Larry Cameron photo: Palatine firefighters at the scene of the Ben Franklin store fire. Volunteer firefighters Warren Ahlgrim, Richard Freeman and John Wilson died in the Feb. 23, 1973.
Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 28,444, Larry Cameron photo: Palatine firefighters at the scene of the Ben Franklin store fire. Volunteer firefighters Warren Ahlgrim, Richard Freeman and John Wilson died in the Feb. 23, 1973.
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 853, Mike Seeling photo: These dancing girls are part of a medicine show presented at Central Road School in Arlington Heights in April of 1965.
The Daily Herald Archives, Assignment 21,912, Bob Finch photo: Girls trying out for the cheerleading team in Hoffman Estates in June of 1971.
The Daily Herald Archives, Assignment 21,586, Tom Grieger photo: Hundreds of students participate in a hunger hike for the American Freedom from Hunger Foundation in May of 1971. Each student on the 30 mile walk that started at Niles North High School was raising money for the organization.
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 1,494, Dave Hanks photo: Lots of folks turned out for an ice cream social in Bensenville in July of 1965.
The Daily Herald Archives, Assignment 20,440, Bob Strawn photo: Students at Harper College were able to register by phone for the first time in Palatine in January of 1971.
The Daily Herald Archives, Assignment 20,440, Bob Strawn photo: Students at Harper College were able to register by phone for the first time in Palatine in January of 1971.
The Daily Herald archive, Assignment # 86,132, Jon Kirn photo: Chicago Blackhawks player Al Secord fights for the puck against Toronto Maple Leaf Mike Allison during a game in Chicago in January of 1987.
The Daily Herald archive, Assignment # 86,132, Jon Kirn photo: Chicago Blackhawk players Al Secord, left, and Mark Bergevin during against the Toronto Maple Leafs in Chicago in January of 1987.
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 2,492, Bob Finch photo: A lab technician looks at X-rays at Sherman Hospital in Elgin in December of 1965.
The Daily Herald Archives, Assignment 22,563, Mike Seeling photo: 1971 Miss Illinois, Anita Joyce Pankratz, along with store manager John Maloney, center, and Sears Midwestern Vice President Culver Kennedy, open the new Sears store at Woodfield Mall in August of 1971.
The Daily Herald Archives, Assignment 22,563, Mike Seeling photo: 1971 Miss Illinois, Anita Joyce Pankratz, along with store manager John Maloney, left, Sears Midwestern Vice President Culver Kennedy, second from the right, and Schaumburg mayor Bob Atcher open the new Sears store at Woodfield Mall in August of 1971
The Daily Herald archive, Assignment # 48,067, Barry Jarvinen photo: Vice President Walter Mondale speaking at the AFL-CIO convention in Rosemont in September of 1978.
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 717, Larry Cameron photo: The Easter Bunny visits kids at Clearbrook School in Arlington Heights in April of 1965.
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