Browse Items (27 total)

  • Collection: Photo File: Recreation

Photographs of Winter Activities

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Various photographs of winter activities including sledding and sleighing parties, one taken in 1910 and 1955 and the others taken at unknown dates.

Photographs of the Racetrack

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The first photo was taken August 23rd, 1898 at the George A. Keller racetrack located just north of Garfield Ave. and between the I.T.S. tracks and the Illinois Central R.R. tracks. The track was closed in 1908 when local option hit Decatur and…

Photographs of the Decatur Gun Club

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Various photographs of the Decatur gun club taken around 1915.

Photographs of Golfer Eleanor Barnes

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Photographs of golfer Eleanor Barnes sporting the golf dress style taken July 27th, 1913.

Photographs of Fishing Catches

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Photographs of two men's catfish catches while fishing in Decatur, date unknown.

Photographs of Children Playing

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Various photographs of children playing taken in 1936, 1945, 1948, 1958 and 1960.