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Photos of Crowds Watching the World Series Game 1917

Photographs of Crowds Watching the World Series in 1917 (10/7/1917).

Tags: 1917, Baseball, Decatur IL., Events, Festivals, Photo File: Events/Festivals, Sporting Events, World Series

Photos of Crane Potato Chips Advertisements

Photographs of Crane Potato Chips Advertisements on in Local History.

Tags: 2220 W. Wood St., BS2512, BS2513, Business, Crane Potato Chips, Decatur IL., Food, Manufacturing, Potato Chips

Photos of Contest Winner, Listeners, Millikin Quartet, Hap Jensen and Harry Bradford and wife.

Photo of WSOY Contest Winners, 5/11/1940; Photo of Radio Listeners in the WSOY studio, 3/18/1943; Photo of Millikin University Quartet, Millikin Hour, 5/15/1943. Photo of Harry Bradford and wife, 10/20/1937. Photo of Hap Jensen, 3/31/1957.

Tags: 10/20/1937, 3/31/1957, 5/15/1943, BS816, BS817, BS819, BS823, BS824, Business, Contest Winners 1940, Hap Jensen, Harry Bradford & wife, Millikin Quartet, Photo File: Business, Radio Listeners, Radio Station, William Bradford, WSOY

Photos of Construction of the Review Building at 365 N. Main St., Decatur, IL.

Photographs of the Construction of the Review Building located at 365 N. Main St., Decatur, IL. Review Building 100
Block W. Prairie St., back of the Suffern Building.

Tags: 100 Block W. Prairie St., 12/7/1913, 1888, 365 N. Main St., Annex, BS320, BS321, BS323, Business, Construction, Decatur Daily Review, Decatur IL., Newspapers, Sprinkler System, Suffern Building

Photos of Construction of the new Hydrate Plant

Photographs of the Construction of the new hydrate plant.

Tags: BS2215, BS2216, BS2217, BS2218, BS2219, BS2220, BS2221, BS2222, BS2223, BS2224, Business, Construction, Grain, Hydrating, Hydrating Plant Construction, Manufacturing, Milling

Photos of Comet Automobile

Photographs of Comet Automobile Assembly Line, Building located on Garfield Ave., and Family Out For A Drive in Their Comet, Decatur, IL.

Tags: Assembly Line, automobile, BD117, BS01, BS314, BS935, building, Business, Comet, Decatur IL., Garfield Ave., Manufacturing

Photos of Coca Cola Bottling

Photograph of Coca Cola Bottling Co. Filling Line, Decatur, IL. Photograph of Coca Cola Delivery Man.

Tags: Bottles, Bottling Companies, BS2511, BS87, Business, Coca Cola, Decatur IL., Delivery, Filling Line, Noel C. Dick

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…

Photos of City Buses

Photographs of two city buses. Photograph of bus waiting for a train. Photograph of two women by the Wilson Bus Line. Photograph of buses in the city garage. Photograph of bus and driver at Power and Light Co., 1935. Photograph of two bus drivers.

Tags: 1935, A & P, Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Bus and Driver, Bus Drivers, Bus No. 977, Buses, City Bus, City Bus Garage, Illinois Power and Light Service, Illinois Wesleyan University, Special, train, Wilson Buses

Photos of Citizens National Bank and Parking Garage.

Photograph of early construction of the Citizens National Bank, 1909. Photo of the Citizens Parking Garage. Old photograph of Citizens National Bank.

Tags: 1909, Banks, BS2556, BS292, BS293, Business, Citizens National Bank, Decatur IL., Parking Garage, Photo File: Business

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