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Photographs from the Central Malleable Iron Works Fire

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Photographs from the Central Malleable Iron Works fire, formerly the Loeb foundry and Sattley foundry, located at 765 N. Lowber St. The fire was discovered at 10:30 p.m. on November 14, 1904, and was said to have been blazing for at least an hour…

Photographs from the American Hominy Company Fire

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Photographs from the fire at the American Hominy Company formerly the Suffern & Hunt Mill, located at N. Union and the Wabash R.R. The fire started in the third story at 12:45 in the morning on November 27, 1913. Fire Chief Devore ordered out the…

Photographs from Mark Dvorak's Banjo Performance at the Decatur Public Library, 2003.

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Photographs from Mark Dvorak's Banjo Performance at the Decatur Public Library in 2003. Mark Dvorak is a storyteller and folk singer from Chicago who performed his version of "The American Folk Song".