Louis Carl Waltens

Louis Carl Waltens

Biography
Louis Carl Waltens
Photo File: Biography
Aviation
Nursery Business
Grocery Business
Insurance and Real Estate
Travel Agency
Spanish American War Veteran
Scott Wilson Camp
32 Degree Mason
VanDeventer Studio
Decatur, IL.

Photograph of Louis Carl Waltens; (died 11/20/1948). Owner of Decatur's first travel agency and a supporter of aviation in 1911. He and August Hendrian were the first to won and pilot an airplane in Illinois. He ws in the nursery and grocery business in Decatur before he opened an insurance and real estate agency and started the city's first travel agency. He retired in 1943. He was a past commander of Scott Wilson Camp of United Spanish War Veterans and was a 32nd Degree Mason. Photo by VanDeventer of Decatur, IL.

VanDeventer Studio of Decatur, IL.

Photo File: Biography - Waltens, Louis Carl

Herald and Review, Decatur, IL.
Decatur Public Library, Decatur, IL.

9/19/1919

Louis Carl Waltens

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Biography, Louis Carl Waltens, Photo File: Biography, Travel Agency, Aviation, Pilot, Nursery and Grocery Business, Scott Wilson Camp, United Spanish War Veterans, 32nd Degree Mason, Decatur, IL. VanDeventer Studio of Decatur, IL.

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