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Barkley Selby Brooks
Photograph of Barkley Selby Brooks (d. 3/3/1954), an Decatur architect and building with the firm Brooks, Bramhall, and Dague. He was the architect on the Decatur High School, the junior high schools, Millikin University, D&MC Hospital, Macon County…
George W. Bright
Photograph of George W. Bright (d. 4/7/1917), the oldest Mason in Decatur at the time of his death. He was the last charter member of Beaumanoir Commandery, No. 9, Knights Templar. He was an assistant cashier at the National Bank of Decatur for 20…
Dennis A. Bradley
Photograph of Dennis A. Bradley (b. 1861, d. 8/17/1913), a Decatur merchant and partner at the Bradley Bros. department store with his brother, Bernard. The store opened in 1884 at 123 N. Water St., and moved to the site of the Block & Kuhl store in…
Bernard Bradley
Photograph of Bernard Bradley (b. 1859, d. 10/15/1941), a Decatur merchant and partner in the Bradley Bros. department store. Bradley came to Decatur in 1881, and opened the store at 123 N. Water with his brother, Dennis. The store moved from this…
Emilie, Fred, Willie, and Edwin Parwolski (Boltz Family #4)
Two photographs of the Parwolski family. The first is of Emilie (Boltz) Parwolski, Fred Parwolski, and their two sons, Willie and Edwin. The second is of Fred and one of the sons by the back door. Both were taken in 1906 in Decatur, IL .
Fred Parwolski Wields Machetes in Front of His Meat Packing Store (Boltz Family #7)
Photograph of Fred Parwolski holding machetes outside of his meat packing store in Decatur IL. There are also 3 unknown men in the photo. The photo was taken sometime between 1903 and 1909
Boltz Family #2
Photograph of Laura Boltz, Martha Boltz, Emma Boltz, and Emilie Boltz of the Boltz family. They are sitting in a parlor or living room.