Browse Items · Decatur Public Library Local History Photo Collection

Aerial Photos of the A. E. Staley Manufacturing Co.

Aerial photographs of the A. E. Staley Manufacturing Co., Decatur, IL.

Tags: 1930, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1978, A. E. Staley, Aerial View, BS2179, BS2180, BS2181, BS2182, BS2183, BS2184, BS2185, BS2186, Buildings, Business, Decatur IL., Manufacturing

Illinois Central Railroad Proposed Subway at S. Main St. - General Filing Plan (9/20/1930)

This is the general filing plan for the ICRR's proposed subway on S. Main St. This subway was approved and later constructed.

Photos of Burstein Junk Yard.

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Photographs of building that had been destroyed by fire on 3/3/1930.

Tags: 1930, BS974, BS975, BS976, Business, Decatur IL., fire, Hides, Junk Yard, magazines, Metal, paper, Rags, Scrap Iron, Simon Burstein

Ground Breaking St. Teresa H. S., St. Teresa Academy, Convent Building, and Auditorium Spectators at First Basketball Game in 1956.

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Photograph of Nun breaking ground for new high school. Photographs of St. Teresa Academy, Convent, High School, Auditorium first basketball game.

Tags: 1930, 1935, 1941, 1956, 2700 N. Water St., 435 E. Eldorado St., academy, Auditorium, Convent, Decatur IL., high school, Parochial Schools, Schools, St. Teresa

Wabash Railroad Steam Engine

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This is the glass negative of a Wabash Railroad steam engine. The photo was taken by Charles Wasson for the Decatur Herald & Review in Decatur, IL in 1930.

Tags: 1930, Charles Wasson, Charles Wasson Photo Collection, Decatur Herald & Review, Decatur IL, Glass Negative, negative, Steam Engine, train, Wabash Railroad, Wasson Studios

Photograph taken at the Millikin University Library Ground Breaking

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Photograph taken at the Millikin University library ground breaking on November 6th, 1930. Left to right: Rev. E.W. Clippinger, REv. G.A. Papperman, Dr. S.E. McClelland, O.B. Gorin, J.P. Gorin, A.M. Waggoner, Miss Eugenia Allin, Dr. J.H. White.