Images: Through the Film Magnifier: Bill Kurtis, Harry Caray, Wheeling bank robbery and more
Posted October 18, 2021 4:00 am
See Daily Herald images of Bill Kurtis, Harry Caray, a Wheeling bank robbery, ad draft protest and more in our latest "Through the Film Magnifier" gallery.
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 28,422, Dom Najolia photo: Former Chicago Bear's running back Johnny Morris speaks to students at Greenbrier School in Arlington Heights in March of 1973.
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 34,341, Dom Najolia photo: This group of guys got together every Tuesday night to play poker in Wheeling in November of 1974.
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 34,341, Dom Najolia photo: This group of guys got together every Tuesday night to play poker in Wheeling in November of 1974.
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 34,341, Dom Najolia photo: This group of guys got together every Tuesday night to play poker in Wheeling in November of 1974.
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 5,976, Paul Sequeira photo: Full military honors were accorded Mount Prospect's first Vietnam War casualty as funeral services for Frank F. Gagliano, 21 were held in Our Lady of the Wayside Church in Arlington Heights in February of 1967. Gagliano was killed in combat shortly after returning to the war from a 30-day leave to see his two-month-old son.
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 5,976, Paul Sequeira photo: Full military honors were accorded Mount Prospect's first Vietnam War casualty as funeral services for Frank F. Gagliano, 21 were held in Our Lady of the Wayside Church in Arlington Heights in February of 1967. Gagliano was killed in combat shortly after returning to the war from a 30-day leave to see his two-month-old son.
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 55,882, Bob Ringham photo: White Sox broadcaster Harry Caray sings during the seventh inning stretch during a game at Comiskey Park in September of 1980.
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 5,848, Tom Grieger photo: Three bakers in appropriate hats and an illustrated cookbook for children prepare cookies at Rupley School in Elk Grove Village in February of 1967. The cooks are, from left to right, David Morgan, Davey Schmid and Jeanne Heiberger.
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 52,315, Bob Finch photo: Illinois Gov. Jim Thompson, left, watches racing on the first day of the horse racing season at Arlington Park in August of 1979. Thompson had just signed a tax-cut bill that would mean at least $26 million a year in added revenue to the state's horse racing industry.
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 6,241, Paul Sequeira photo: Washington School student work on their ceramics projects in Itasca in April of 1967.
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 6,241, Paul Sequeira photo: Washington School student work on their ceramics projects in Itasca in April of 1967.
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 6,389, Larry Cameron photo: Drive-in cashier Nancy Wagner talks to FBI and state police shortly after a lone gunman held up the Wheeling Trust and Savings Bank in March of 1967.
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 6,389, Larry Cameron photo: Police stand guard outside of the Wheeling Trust and Savings Bank in March of 1967 after a lone gunman held up the bank at the drive-in window.
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 56,036, Barry Jarvinen photo: WBBM Channel 2 anchor Bill Kurtis, right, talks with Walter Jacobson, left, and Bob Sirott prior to a broadcast in Chicago in October of 1980.
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 56,036, Barry Jarvinen photo: WBBM Channel 2 anchor Bill Kurtis delivers the news from the Chicago newsroom in October of 1980.
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 56,036, Barry Jarvinen photo: WBBM Channel 2 anchor Bill Kurtis prepares the news in his office in Chicago in October of 1980.
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 56,036, Barry Jarvinen photo: WBBM Channel 2 anchor Bill Kurtis prepares the news in his office with help from his colleague Donna LaPietra in Chicago in October of 1980.
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 56,036, Barry Jarvinen photo: WBBM Channel 2 anchor Bill Kurtis works with his colleagues prior to a broadcast in Chicago in October of 1980.
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 56,036, Barry Jarvinen photo: WBBM Channel 2 anchor Bill Kurtis works with his colleagues prior to a broadcast in Chicago in October of 1980.
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 6,338, Tom Grieger photo: Second graders Brien Groce and Holly Dargatz at Louisa May Alcott School in Buffalo Grove look a picture of a fish. The students have been studying about the sea and have made an aquarium on the bulletin board in April of 1967.
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 6,085, Paul Sequeira photo: Harry Volkman, NBC-TV weather forecaster spoke to students at this Wheeling school in March of 1967.
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 34,585, Dom Najolia photo: Kindergarten students at Lincoln School in Palatine made a feast of pancakes and ice cream in a brunch with Santa at the school in December of 1974.
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 6,577, Bob Strawn photo: Students and adults protested Saturday in front of the Des Plaines draft board. The Des Plaines draft board controls all the draft inductions in the area. It was estimated that 20 people participated in the protest in April of 1967.
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