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Boarding House

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Photograph of Boarding House located at 517 N. Maryland at Front St., levee area. Used as a place of business by Fred Wittke.

Tags: 9/5/1915, Boarding House, BS964, Business, Decatur IL. 517 N. Maryland, Fred Wittke, Front St., Levee District

Bob Strongman's Oral History

This is the oral history of Bob Strongman. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell. The interview includes his career as a photographer for the Herald and Review.

Tags: 35 ml film projector, aerial photography, algebra class, Assistant Boys Secretary, Assistant Sales Manager, background check, Betty Turnell, Bill Summer, boat races, Bob Hope's State Fair trip, Bob Strongman, Bread Salesman, Buckmeisters Grocery Store, changes at the Herald & Review, changes to photography, childhood, Coal Mines, Decatur Camera Club, Decatur Herald & Review, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, disasters, E.J. Muffley, Enterprise School District, freelance work, Governor Ogilvie, grammar class, Great Depression, Gunhill Johnson Crippled Children's Room, Harry Truman, horse plow, ice skating, ice wagon, industrial photography, interview, Kennedy Campaign, Lee Pigott, Lincoln School, Marietta School, mid-year graduate, Model T pickup truck, N. Union St., neighborhood grocery stores, one room school, oral history, Parkview Motel, Pfile's Camera Shop, photography, Piggly-Wiggly, polio, Presidential Candidate Whistle Stops, press credentials, processing, Pugh School, recess, recitation bench, recording, retirement, Richard Nixon, Roosevelt Junior High School, Russell Shaffer, Russian Missile Crisis, snow sled, street hockey, student-built boats, swim therapy, Tasty Bread, Truman's visit to Decatur, Truman's Whistle Stop, Victor Borge, weddings, Wooden Shoe Fire, YMCA, YMCA Boys Department

Boltz Family #1

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Photograph of the Boltz family.

Tags: biography, Boltz family, Photo File: Biography, unknown children, unknown men, unknown women

Boltz Family #2

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Photograph of Laura Boltz, Martha Boltz, Emma Boltz, and Emilie Boltz of the Boltz family. They are sitting in a parlor or living room.

Tags: biography, Boltz family, Emilie Boltz, Emma Boltz, Laura Boltz, Martha Boltz, Photo File: Biography

Boltz Family #3

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Photograph of Emilie Boltz

Tags: biography, Boltz family, Emilie Boltz, Garrett, Photo File: Biography

Bomball Family

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Postcard of the Bomball family. The back says "Mother will be home Thursday at 4.15PM. AO Bomball 328 Central Pl." The postcard is addressed to "Mr. W. Besalke 1135 Condit st. Decatur, Ill".

Tags: A.O. Bomball, Besalke Family Collection, Bomball family, postcard, unknown people, William Besalke

Postcard of the Bomball family stiting on a grassy hill in Dixon, IL on July 4, 1911. The back of the postcard says: "Dixon Ill July 4/11. I would like to know why Mama don't write, must be very busy. M Bomball". Also has the address for Mr. W.…

Tags: Besalke Family Collection, Bomball family, Dixon IL, dog, unknown girl, unknown man, unknown woman

Bomball Woman

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Photograph of an unknown female member of the Bomball family.

Tags: Besalke Family Collection, Bomball family, Decatur IL, East End Gallery, unknown woman

Bond Resolution - March 12, 1971

This is the bond resolution the Board presented to the City of Decatur as a way to formally ask them to issue bonds for the purchase of the library building from D.P.L. Corporation.

Tags: 1971, board of directors, Board of Trustees, bond, bond resolution, City of Decatur, D.P.L. Corporation, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, March 1971, North St. building, Resolution

Book Account April 1918

Decatur Public library Board of Trustees annual report April 1918

Tags: Alice G. Evans, annual report, April 1918, board, Board of Trustees, Book Account, circulation statistics, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, documents, Registration Statistics

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