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Photograph of Slot Machines being Destroyed
Photograph of slot machines being destroyed in October of 1934.
Tags: 1934, Crime, Decatur IL, Gambling, Photo File: Crime, Police, Raid, Slot Machines
Photograph of Slot Machines
Photograph of slot machines raided by police in the 1940's.
Tags: 1940's, Crime, Decatur IL, Gambling, Photo File: Crime, Police, Raid, Slot Machines
Photograph of Sharon Temple, Carnegie Library Staff
Photograph of Sharon Temple, Carnegie Library Staff, Circulation
Photograph of Saratoga Club Gambling Raid
Photograph of the Saratoga Club gambling police raid in 1938.
Tags: 1938, Crime, Decatur IL, Gambling, Photo File: Crime, Police, Raid, Saratoga Club
Photograph of Sailboats on Lake Decatur
Photograph of sailboats on Lake Decatur taken June 7, 1951.
Tags: 1951, boat, Boats, Decatur IL, lake, Lake Decatur, Photo File: Lake Decatur, Sailboat, Sailing
Photograph of Ruth Rusk, Carnegie Library Staff
Photograph of Ruth Ruskin, Carnegie Library Staff, Circulation
Photograph of Robert J. Kellogg
Photograph of Robert J. Kellogg, professor of Modern Language at Millikin University.
Photograph of Robert H. Dumas, Carnegie Library Staff
Photograph of Robert H. Dumas, Carnegie Library Staff, City Librarian
Photograph of Richard Evans, the First City Librarian
Photograph of Richard Evans, married to Alice Glore; he was the First City Librarian starting in 1875 through 1881, when he unexpectedly died.
Photograph of Reverend W. L. Staub
Photograph of Rev. W. L. Staub. Former pastor Westminster Presbyterian church in Decatur, 1908-1912. First pastor of this church after its organization October 1908. Left Decatur for pastorate in Duluth, Minnesota. (Information from clips- no other…