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Photograph of the Fire Department's Chief car.
Photograph of the Fire Department's Chief car. Date unknown.
Photograph of the Fire Department in 1912
Photograph taken of the Fire Department in 1912 at the Northwest corner of Lincoln Square.
Photograph of the E.A. Gastman School Fountain
Photograph of the E.A. Gastman school fountain given to the school by E.A. Gastman in memory of his wife Caroline Sargeant Gastman. Mr. Gastman bought the fountain at the St. Louis World's fair from an Italian sculptor, paying $700 for the piece. The…
Photograph of the Durfee Library Branch
Photograph of the Durfee branch library which was the first branch of the Decatur Public Library. It was located in the Durfee school building and it moved to the Alice G. Evans branch library.
Photograph of the Dennis School Building Site
Photograph of the Dennis School building site taken in 1909 shortly before the school was built. This house once stood where the Dennis building now stands and this area used to be on the very edge of town, practically in the woods. Land on which the…
Photograph of the Dennis School building
Photograph of the Dennis School building taken in 1910. Dennis School served the children of the west side for nearly 45 years before a new addition was constructed; this is how the building looked when it was being built in 1910. The school replaced…
Photograph of the Decatur Commodores
Photograph of the Decatur Commodores baseball team on opening day, May 2, 1954.
Photograph of the Decatur Boat Club.
Photograph of the Decatur Boat Club. From left to right: Dorwyn Bennington, Harold Carr, Jack Hathaway, and Thomas Pope.
Photograph of the Corner of Oakland and Eldorado
Photograph of the corner of Oakland Ave. and Eldorado taken at an unknown date.