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W. Nay Boggess
Photograph of W. Nay Boggess (d. 9/5/1927), an attorney in Decatur for 33 years. He was associated with Thomas B. Jack in the law firm, Jack & Boggess, for 10 years, and then later as Deck, Jack & Boggess. Boggess served 3 terms as the city…
Boltz Family #2
Photograph of Laura Boltz, Martha Boltz, Emma Boltz, and Emilie Boltz of the Boltz family. They are sitting in a parlor or living room.
Fred Parwolski Wields Machetes in Front of His Meat Packing Store (Boltz Family #7)
Photograph of Fred Parwolski holding machetes outside of his meat packing store in Decatur IL. There are also 3 unknown men in the photo. The photo was taken sometime between 1903 and 1909
Emilie, Fred, Willie, and Edwin Parwolski (Boltz Family #4)
Two photographs of the Parwolski family. The first is of Emilie (Boltz) Parwolski, Fred Parwolski, and their two sons, Willie and Edwin. The second is of Fred and one of the sons by the back door. Both were taken in 1906 in Decatur, IL .
Bernard Bradley
Photograph of Bernard Bradley (b. 1859, d. 10/15/1941), a Decatur merchant and partner in the Bradley Bros. department store. Bradley came to Decatur in 1881, and opened the store at 123 N. Water with his brother, Dennis. The store moved from this…
Dennis A. Bradley
Photograph of Dennis A. Bradley (b. 1861, d. 8/17/1913), a Decatur merchant and partner at the Bradley Bros. department store with his brother, Bernard. The store opened in 1884 at 123 N. Water St., and moved to the site of the Block & Kuhl store in…