PEORIA, ILLINOIS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, 1860 – 1960
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PEORIA, ILLINOIS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, 1860 – 1960
a guide to dating photographs
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PEORIA, ILLINOIS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, 1860 – 1960
a guide to dating photographs
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PEORIA, ILLINOIS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, 1860 – 1960
a guide to dating photographs
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PEORIA, ILLINOIS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, 1860 – 1960
a guide to dating photographs
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PEORIA, ILLINOIS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, 1860 – 1960
a guide to dating photographs
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PEORIA, ILLINOIS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, 1860 – 1960
a guide to dating photographs
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PEORIA, ILLINOIS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, 1860 – 1960
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PEORIA, ILLINOIS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, 1860 – 1960
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The Grandstand (later the Richwoods High School Stadium):
09-09-1951 – Hank Williams (Sr.), Minnie Pearl, Rochester, Dick Haymes, Carmen Miranda, Jack Dempsey, Candy Candido, The
Drifting Cowboys, Ann Maucelle, Los Gates Brothers, Lee Marx, Emile Parra, Marie Germaine LeBlanc, Big Big Lister,
Ted Evans (The English Giant), Sharkey and his Kings of Dixieland, Dorothy Dorben Adorables, Tony Martins Band,
others - Hadacol Caravan Show (moved to the Armory due to rain)
Opera House – Some of these shows may have been in the Youth Building:
XX-XX-196X – Iron Butterfly
08-23-1967 – The Grass Roots, Suburban 9 to 5
09-30-1967 – The Cryan' Shames, Suburban 9 to 5
10-11-1967 – The Mauds, Suburban 9 to 5
XX-XX-197X – Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes – Peoria Area Teens concert
05-17-1969 – The Foundations, The Allicance
02-22-1973 – Cheech and Chong (possibly with R.E.O. Speedwagon)
04-22-1975 – Philharmonic Chorale
01-10-1991 – Mike Bishop's Country Time Jamboree
05-10-1997 – Inhale, others
11-23-2002 – Jackyl, others
08-09-2003 – Anthrax, Lamb Of God, E-Town Concrete, Slitheryn, Foil, others
02-24-2004 – Umphrey's McGee
04-14-2004 – Trapt (may have been in the Youth Building)
04-28-2004 – Justify The Means, 40 Below Summer
01-22-2005 – Lightning Joe Asselin, Blueskillet, Barbara Hamilton, Joe Beck, The Robin Crowe Band, Fishbone Willie and Friends,
The River Rats, Kilborn Alley Blues Band – Winter Blues Festival
05-21-2005 – Justify The Means – Metal Mayhem II
03-03-2007 – Guitar Shorty, Dave Chastain, Robin Crowe, Matthew Curry, The Nickalogic Groove Band, Dorann and The Soul
Mystics, South Side Cindy & The Slip-Tones, Steve "The Harp" with Rob Williams and The Soggy Bottom Blues Band –
Winter Blues Festival
03-24-2007 – Eli-Stone, Counterstrike, Mutiny, Far From Free, The System After – Carnage At The Opera
04-29-2007 – Flaw, Left 4 Dead, Justify The Means, 3AM Project, Fear Of Clowns, The System After
05-11-2007 – The Pimps, Justify The Means, Trip-Rod, others
09-13-2008 – John Sebastian, Ralph's World, Peoria Acoustic All Stars, Lollester Rocket – Dan Fogelberg Tribute – Fall Music Festival
(moved from Glen Oak Ampitheater)
02-04-2012 – The Car Thief, DJ Solo, Positive Vibr8ions, Trinketz, Kaboom Fantastik, D1rty No1ze – Chalice Dubs Masquerade
03-21-2012 – DJ Solo, Positive Vibr8ions, White Rabbit, Trinketz, Danny Grooves, Kaboom Fantastik – Chalice Dubs Masquerade
05-13-2012 – Hellyeah
11-30-2013 – Confederate Railroad, David Allen Coe, The Wolf & Gypsy Band, Iron Cowgirl Mizzy, ZZ Trip
07-17-2014 – Skid Row
12-04-2015 – Houndmouth, The Revivalists, Steady Flow
Youth Building – Some of these shows may have been in the Opera House:
06-20-1965 – The Kinks, Paul Petersen, Bobby & The Argyles (The Hollywood Argyles), The Rivieras, Dave and the Detomics, local
acts (may have been Suburban 9 to 5 and The Shags) (2 shows)
12-28-1966 – The Yardbirds (with Jimmy Page), The Coachmen, The Furniture (2 shows)
03-10-1968 – The Who, Suburban 9 to 5, The Coachmen - YouTube (Video contains error that the show was in the Opera House.)
XX-XX-197X – R.E.O. Speedwagon, others – Peoria Area Teens concert
11-10-1970 – B. B. King, ILMO Smokehouse, One Eyed Jacks, Burton and Applegate – Peoria Area Teens concert
08-10-1971 – Black Sabbath, R.E.O. Speedwagon
12-XX-1971 – Jesus Christ Superstar – touring company that played on risers in the middle of the building
02-13-1973 – Edgar Winter Group
03-07-1973 – Black Oak Arkansas
04-27-1973 – The Jets, Earle Mathis
03-11-1978 – The Kansas Mennonite Men's Chorus
05-05-1984 – Harmonie Singers, Drummers, Alpine Brass Band
05-04-1985 – Gesangverin Harmonie, Harmonie Singers and the Damenchor, Alpine Brass Band
10-09-1995 – Fugazi, Makeup
03-01-2003 – Ceilidh Celtic Cross Pipes and Drums
06-28-2003 – Bizzy Bone, Mopreme Shakur, Evan Hand, Joe Shadid, Alvin Butler and friends, Pharmacee, D-Mineli, Coo Coo Cal
12-12-2003 – Doubledrive
11-10-2004 – 3 Days Of Grace
04-18-2005 – Kenny Wayne Shepherd
08-13-2005 – Mindset Evolution, 3AM Project, Sprung, Angerwound
03-11-2006 – Ronnie Baker Brooks, Eden Brent Trio, Silver Dollar Saloon House Band, The Edge, Russell Miller, 6V6, Lizzi Neal Band,
The Mercury Brothers – Winter Blues Festival
05-06-2006 – Soil
09-30-2006 – Thousand Foot Krutch, Sanctus Real, Kids In The Way, Last Tuesday, others – RockStock 2006 (cancelled)
12-08-2006 – Soil, Kittie, Left 4 Dead, Justify The Means
02-11-2007 – Sevendust, Bloodsimple, Diecast
03-03-2007 – Guitar Shorty, The Dave Chastain Band, The Robin Crowe Band, others – Winter Blues Festival
06-02-2007 – Rich Boy, Soundmaster T, Jah-Rista, Dude & Nem, others – Summer Slam
06-22-2007 – 3AM Project, Trip Rod, Mindset Evolution, Asleep On The Couch, Chicken Lab, others – Aspen Reign Battle of the
Bands
07-27-2007 – Rooster Alley, Trip Rod, Honest Pod, Sand Dragons – Ham 'N Jam Music Festival (held in the parking lot)
07-28-2007 – Great White, B-Driven, Jim Davis Band, Stages, Skin Deep, Exit – Ham 'N Jam Music Festival (held in the parking lot)
04-04-2008 – Fear Of Clowns, Bloodroot, The City Rise, Biobhythm, Us Against Them, Foil, Genovese Effect, Far From Free, The
System After, Mindset Evolution, Stepdown – Aspen Reign Battle of the Bands
07-25-2008 – 2 Mass Denial, United Groove Theory, Armed and Hammered – Ham 'N Jam
07-26-2008 – Foghat, Mr. Sister, Out Of Order, Section 8, Comic Book Hereos – Ham 'N Jam
12-05-2008 – Tantric, Waterstreet, Mindset Evolution, Trip-Rod
07-24-2009 – Southern Blue, Nick Boettcher, Nick Moss and the Flip Tops – Ham 'N Jam
07-25-2009 – .38 Special, Last N Line, 8 MM Amateurs, Mr. Sister, The D.B. Bryant Band – Ham 'N Jam
10-28-2009 – Silversun Pickups, Cage the Elephant, An Horse
11-08-2009 – Saving Abel, Red, Pop Evil, Taddy Porter
12-04-2009 – Five Finger Death Punch, Janus, Mindset Evolution
06-18-2010 – Sevendust, Sherman's Harvest, Mindset Evolution
07-23-2010 – Blackberry Smoke, Wolf and Gypsy Band, Second Nature – Ham 'N' Jam
07-24-2010 – Jackyl, Bent Fender, Phat Kitti, Motorbiscuit, Waterstreet – Ham 'N' Jam
12-10-2010 – Sick Puppies, 10 Years, Smile Empty Soul, Taddy Porter, Mindset Evolution
06-20-2011 – Hinder, Seether, Sick Puppies, Bad City, Mindset Evolution (may have been in the parking lot)
07-22-2011 – Lita Ford, Bent Fender, Wolf and Gypsy Band, Roxxity Krush – Ham 'N' Jam
11-19-2011 – Cosmic Crisis, Robin Crowe Band, Flying D'Rito Brothers, Dave Chastain, Bill Porter, Jim Davis Band
12-09-2011 – Puddle Of Mud, Pop Evil, Eguyp Central
08-31-2012 – Canned Heat, Walter Trout, Curis Salgado, Lil' Ed and The Blues Imperials, Dave Chastain, others – Budweiser Illinois
Blues Festival, thru 09-01-2012 (moved from the riverfront)
09-02-2012 – moe (moved from the riverfront)
03-30-2013 – Kingpin, Boomstick, Sofa Shark, Bill Porter, DC3, Robin and Tony Crowe, Megasonics, Brainchild
12-19-2014 – Chevelle, Nothing More, Raw Fabrics, Crobot
11-28-2015 – David Allen Coe, The Wolf & Gypsy Band
06-10-2016 – Montana Of 300