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- Collection: Decatur in The Great War 1917-1918
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Window Display, 5th Liberty Loan, at William Gushard Dry Goods and Co. c. 1918
WWI - 5th Liberty Loan Window Display at William Gushard Dry Goods & Co. Store,
Banquet given at S.A.T.C. mens hall for returned colored soldiers. 4/11/1919
WWI - Banquet for returned colored soldiers at the SATC (Student Army Training Corps) Hall, April 11, 1919.
Telephone or Radio Operators
WWI - Radio or telephone operators. c. 1917 See war savings stamps, pg 11.
Tags: Operators, War Savings Stamps, World War I, WWI
Macon County Soldiers at Wabash Depot, Decatur, IL. Dec. 13, 1917.
WWI - photograph Macon County Soldiers at Wabash Depot. "The Last of the Volunteers," 12/13/1917. See U.S. Recruiting Stations, pg 34.
Officers of JMU Battalion c. 1917
WWI - photograph of Officers of the James Millikin University Battalion standing in front of the Liberal Art Hall. c. 1917. This battalion was part of the Student Army Training Corps.
One of the Reserve Militia Companies c.1917
WWI - photograph of one of the reserve militia companies. c. 1917
Tags: Decatur IL., Reserve Militia, World War I, WWI
Superintendent Engleman Tagging Coal Shovel
WWI - Superintendent Engleman tagging coal shovel, Jan 1918.
Class In Surgical Dressings, c. 1918
WWI - Class in surgical dressings, Red Cross. C. 1918.
Tags: Decatur IL., Red Cross, Surgical Dressings, World War I, WWI
Surgical Dressing Class in James Millikin University
WWI - Surgical dressings class at James Millikin University. C. 1918.
Mrs. Jane M. Johns Making Trench Candles
Photograph of 2 women making trench candles. Written on photograph "Mrs. Jane M. Johns making Trench Candles." c. 1918
Tags: Decatur IL., Red Cross, Trench Candles, World War I, WWI