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  • Collection: Decatur in The Great War 1917-1918

Knitting Club, Warren School, Sept 1917

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WWI - Knitting club at Warren Elementary School, Sept. 1917. See Schools of Macon County, pg. 5.

St. Patricks School Students Support the War

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WWI - St. Patricks Catholic school showing support for the war. Children holding signs and American Flag. WWI. c. 1918

Students Dressed in Red Cross and Army Uniforms Showing Support for the War

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WWI - Photograph of Junior High School Students, Nov. 1917. Students are dressed in Red Cross and Army Uniforms in support of the war.

Students Gardening in a Victory Garden

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WWI - Photograph of children working in the Riverside School Garden. c.1917

One of the Reserve Militia Companies c.1917

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WWI - photograph of one of the reserve militia companies. c. 1917

Officers of JMU Battalion c. 1917

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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.

Macon County Soldiers at Wabash Depot, Decatur, IL. Dec. 13, 1917.

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WWI - photograph Macon County Soldiers at Wabash Depot. "The Last of the Volunteers," 12/13/1917. See U.S. Recruiting Stations, pg 34.

WWI Soldiers in Front of a Store in Decatur, IL. c. 1917

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WWI - Company H, Illinois National Guard, on return from Springfield, IL., 1917.

Telephone or Radio Operators

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WWI - Radio or telephone operators. c. 1917 See war savings stamps, pg 11.