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  • Collection: Photo File: Biography

Albert G. Webber

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Photograph of Albert G. Webber; (died 5/2/1947); came to Decatur from Germany about 1863; admitted to practice law in 1879; retired in 1942, his 64th year as an attorney; charter member of the First English Lutheran Church and a member of the Masons.…

Robert F. Watt

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Photograph of Robert F. Watt, Vice President of Parke & Son, Inc. of Decatur. When the firm was re-organized in 1947, merging the Parke Warehouses and Parke & Son Co. into the Parke & Sons Inc., he was made vice president of the company. He joined…

Boy and Girl With Boat by Wasson Studio

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Photograph of "Boy and Girl Holding Boat" by Charles L. Wasson, Wasson Studios.

Photo of Boys Choir by Charles L. Wasson, International Stereograph Co.

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Photograph of eight young boys titled "Boy Choir" by Charles L. Wasson, International Stereograph Co. of Decatur, IL.

Three Children On Stairs - by Charles L. Wasson, International Stereograph Co.

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Photograph of "Three Children On Stairs" by Charles L. Wasson, International Stereograph Co., Photo File: Biography, Decatur, IL.

Exotic Dancer by Charles L. Wasson

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Photograph of Exotic Dancer by Charles L. Wasson, International Stereograph Co.

"Off For The Hunt" by Charles L. Wasson

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Photograph of man holding gun with three dogs; titled "Off For The Hunt" by Charles L. Wasson, International Stereograph Co.

John Shaw by Charles L. Wasson

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Photograph of John Shaw taken by Charles L. Wasson, International Stereograph Co. Mr. Shaw is seated in a chair by a fireplace.

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. Edward Wamsley

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Photograph of J. Edward Wamsley; "Former Decatur photographer who was acquitted of the murder of his father-in-law in 1913. In 1915 he had a studio in Mattoon. Photo ran in the Decatur Herald Aug 3, 1913."