Belleville Historical Society

Belleville Historical Society Calendars

Purchasing a Belleville Historical Society calendar is a fun way to discover moments in Belleville’s history — and your purchase helps us continue to find, share and preserve the stories.

2025 Calendar: Getting Around in Historic Belleville

2025 Calendars are now available! Bellevilleans have certainly witnessed a transportation revolution since George Blair negotiated to have the St. Clair County Seat moved to his farm in 1814. Muscle power, either human or animal, provided the means to get around town in Blair’s day. The introduction of the bicycle in the latter 19th century provided another muscle-powered device, but the future lay with mechanical transport propelled by gasoline, steam, or electricity: automobiles, trucks, trains, trolleys, buses, and motorcycles.

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The 2025 calendar is $10. You can purchase it at one of these local Belleville businesses:

• Artisans Off Main – 310 East Main

• Blanquart’s Rusty Gem Vintage Market – 26

East Main Street

• Circa Boutique – 128 East Main Street

• Eckert Florist – 201 West Main Street

• Local Lucy’s – 122 East Main Street

• Peace by Piece Boutique – 2427 North Illinois Street (Route 159), Swansea

• Eckert’s Country Store

• Belleville Books

Or purchase online via Paypal:
A $3 postage fee will be charged.

Thank you for helping us share and preserve Belleville’s history!

Past Calendars


Past calendars are available for purchase from the Belleville Historical Society for $10 each. Please email us if you would like to order a keepsake calendar from a past year: bellevillehistoricalsociety@gmail.com

Each month features a painting from our annual “Paint Historic Belleville” Art Auction, for which some of the region’s most renowned plein air artists donate an original painting of a historic Belleville location. Each month also includes a history of the featured site written by our historian, Bob Brunkow.

Each month of the 2023 calendar features a painting from our annual “Paint Historic Belleville” Art Auction, for which some of the region’s most renowned plein air artists donate an original painting of a historic Belleville location. Each month also includes a history of the featured site written by our historian, Bob Brunkow.
2022: Painting Historic Belleville. Each month features a painting from our annual “Paint Historic Belleville” Art Auction and a history of the featured site written by our historian, Bob Brunkow.
2021 calendar cover
2021: From bathing suits to wedding dresses, see Belleville’s history through a fashionable lens in the Belleville Historical Society’s 2021 calendar.
Read the Belleville News-Democrat article about our 2021 calendar »
2020: Shopping Small in Belleville: Take a shopping trip in old Belleville, guided by the Belleville Historical Society’s 2020 calendar of vintage photographs!
2019 calendar: Shopping Small in Belleville
2019: Shopping Small on Main Street
Cover of 2018 calendar showing black-and-white photo of students in a schoolhouse
2018: Early Belleville Schools
2017 calendar cover
2017: Historic Belleville Saloons II
Our 2016 theme was so popular that we brought it back for another round! Saloons dotted the Belleville landscape in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The 2017 calendar features vintage photographs and brief histories of twelve more Historic Belleville Saloons.
Cover of 2016 calendar
2016: Historic Belleville Saloons
We went back to our roots … The Belleville Historical Society’s 2016 calendar features vintage photographs and brief histories of a once common institution in Belleville.
Cover of 2015 calendar
2015: Historic Belleville Churches
The 2015 calendar featured photos and capsule histories of 13 of Belleville’s historic churches: St Peter Cathedral, St Paul United Church of Christ, St. Henry Catholic Church, Christ United Church of Christ, First Baptist Church, Zion Lutheran, Jackson Street Methodist, United Methodist Church, St. Luke Catholic Church, Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, St. Teresa Catholic Church, First Presbyterian and St. George Episcopal.
Vintage photo from 2014 calendar
2014: Belleville Firsts
For Belleville’s bicentennial year, each month showcased a significant “first” in Belleville’s heritage and history, including the first railroad, the first skyscraper, and the first mayor. This photo shows a scene from Belleville’s first street fair.