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Photos of Decatur Cereal Company and Office.
Photograph BS92: of Decatur Cereal Co. Photo unused 12/18/1907. Located corner West Eldorado and Van Dyke Streets. Destroyed by fire in 1909. Photo: BS91 Decatur Cereal Co. Office corner W. Eldorado and Van Dyke. Photo BS93: Decatur Cereal Mill,…
Photos of Chambers, Bering & Quinlan
Photograph BS75: Three ladies working. BS76 several ladies and two men watching a manufacturing process. Photo BS77 office building for C.B.Q Co. (Chambers, Bering & Quinlan). BS982 photos of horse drawn plow manufactured by Chambers, Bering,…
Photo of Central Malleable Iron Co. 765 N. Lowber, Decatur, IL.
Photograph of the Central Malleable Iron Co. 765 N. Lowber, building with railroad cars filled with material to process.
Photo of Union Dairy, Bottling Milk
Photograph of man running a milk bottling machine at the Union Dairy, 304 S. Main Street, Decatur, IL. Photo taken 3/5/1933.
Photo of Taylor-Harder Dairy Co.
Photograph of the Taylor-Harder Co. building taken in the late 1920's.
Photos of Sunshine Dairy Delivery Trucks and Milk Cans.
Photo BS372 delivery trucks parked in front of the dairy, photo taken 1952. BS373 photo of Sunshine dairy truck stopped at the corner of Main and Stevens, taken 3/4/1984. BS374 photo of delivery trucks in front of the dairy, taken 11/28/1948. BS375…
Photo of Bruno and Augusta Riedel owners of Riedel Dairy.
Photograph of home of Bruno and Augusta Riedel, 1026 N. Water Street, Decatur, IL. Presumably Augusta Riedel standing on the porch in the picture. Alhambra Studio next door took the picture in 1925. Couple started living here in 1924, dairy structure…
Photo of Prairie Farms Milk Delivery
Photograph of Prairie Farms milkman delivering milk to a customer.
Photos of Coal Companies.
Photo: BS78 of Macon County Coal Mine. Photo BS80, mines' homes were bombed during the violence of November 1932. (Decatur Business pg 59). Photo: BS81 miners meet at Nelson Park in September 1932 (Decatur Business pg 59). Photo BS82 gathering coal…
Photo of Pete Borgogne, laying in hospital bed.
Photograph of Pete Borgogne; 872 S. Franklin St., was shot in the arm from behind as he was driven off, with other miners, before deputized National Guardsmen. On Nov. 4, 1932, when Sheriff E. C. Wilson set out to break up the picket line at the…