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Hugh B. Crea

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Photograph of Hugh B. Crea (d. 1/31/1918). He was an attorney, and practiced law in Decatur for over 50 years. He was the attorney for the Millikin & Co., Millikin National Bank, Illinois Central Railroad, Illinois Midland Railroad, and Wabash…

I. A. Wallins (Isador Abraham)

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Photograph of I. A. (Isadore Abraham) Wallins; Decatur agent for New York Life Insurance Co. In 1909 he purchased the Zuckerman women's ready-to-wear business at 151 N. Water and changed the name to Wallins and Co. He quit this business in 1915. In…

I.N. Irwin

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Photograph of I.N. Irwin (d. 9/18/1931), a prominent Decatur druggist for 50 years. Partner in the Irwin Drug Co. with his brother, S.M. Irwin, and bought his brother's interest in 1892. In 1929, he sold a share of the business to Delos Cozad, and…

Independent Sewing Circle

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Photograph of the unknown women of the Independent Sewing Circle sitting on the front porch of a house. The photo was taken by Rembrandt Studios, and used by the Decatur Herald or Daily Review in 1917.

Isador Abraham Wallins

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Photograph of Isador Abrahm Wallins, Decatur aent for New York Life Insurance Co. Photo by VanDeventer Studio of Decatur.

Isaiah Green

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Photograph of Isaiah Green (d. 2/11/1909), a veteran Wabash Railroad employee. He started in 1881 as a wiper, then as a helper in the storeroom. He was a Civil War Veteran, serving with the 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. The photo ran in the…

J. Arthur Keith

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Photograph of J. Arthur Keith (b. 12/28/1878, d. 10/8/1951). He was an employee of Gebhart-Gushard Co. for 40 years before retiring in 1946. He was one of the original employees of the William Gushard Co. that was founded in 1906. Keith was also a…

J. B. McMillin

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Photograph of J. B. McMillin. He was appointed general assistant to the commercial superintendent of the Central Union Telephone Co. in 1918 and moved to Springfield. He became manager of the Decatur exchange of the company in 1903.

J. Bend Wand

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Photograph of J. Ben Wand; (died 4/5/1948). Publisher of trade journals in Florida. He was a graduate of Millikin in 1911 and a former telegraph editor of the Herald and Review. He was editor of the Clinton Evening Public from 1914 to 1917. He went…

J. Bering Burrows

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Photograph of J. Bering Burrows (d. 4/14/1937). He was the Director of the National Bank of Decatur, and had gone into business with his father, Lowber Burrows, as a banker in 1905. He lived at 271 W. North St, the 1956 site of the Masonic Temple…