Documents Tagged ‘1942-1945: WWII comes to Peoria’
Mural At Carver Center Unveiled Sunday
Archive Entry Date: 11/14/1949
The Carver Center's mural was taken to be a significant work of public art in Peoria.
Carver Center Is Dedicated
Archive Entry Date: 12/11/1944
For its founders, the Carver Center promised to inaugurate “the postwar of tomorrow”
Open House Held For Peoria’s USO Club
Archive Entry Date: 09/11/1944
Peoria's USO Club offered a respectable alternative to the red-light district
Vice Termed As Sabotage
Archive Entry Date: 12/07/1943
Ministers called vice “sabotage” and accused Peoria's citizens of thwarting the war effort