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Budd Florey
Photograph of Budd Florey (d. 7/25/1916). Florey was a tinner by trade, and a member of Greer and Florey, who had a tin shop on N. Main St. next to the Arcade Hotel. The shop was destroyed in the Decatur Hotel and Arcade hotel fire, and the firm…
Buel T. Davis
Photograph of Buel T. Davis. He was a resident of Decatur from 1909 to 1916, when he left for Champaign to represent the Waterbury interest in community development work in Florida. Davis started the Better Life Movement here in 1910. When he…
Building N. Main and W. William Streets
Photograph of building on the corner of N. Main St. and W. William St.
Building on S. Franklin St.
Photograph of the building that houses A. J. Dunston Blacksmith Shop and the Hitching Post, located on 136 S. Franklin St.. Print from glass negatives found in a Decatur attic Feb. 1956.
Building on S. Park, 200 Block at N. Water St., Decatur, IL.
Photograph of Building at S. Park and 200 Block N. Water Street. Located at the southeast corner of S. Park and N. Water streets this building was erected in 1878 for Peddecord and Burrows banking firm. On the consolidation of that banking firm with…