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Postcard from Henry to William - January 31, 1919, discharged and coming home

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This is a postcard from Henry to William letting William know that he has been discharged at Camp Grant and should be home within a week. The front of the postcard shows Brest and the L'Eglise St-Louis at les Halles with people gathered at a…

Tags: 1919, Athens IL, Brest, coming home, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, discharged from Army, Henry Hibbs, Hibbs Personal Papers, January 22, John Hibbs, L'Eglise St-Louis et les Halles, people outside of building, postcard, William Hibbs

Postcard from Henry Hibbs to William Hibbs - June 25, 1919 - Brest. - La rue de Paris

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This is a postcard from Henry Hibbs to William Hibbs dated June 25, 1919. The picture on the front is of Brest-La rue de Paris. The card is from Camp Merritt, New Jersey. The written message is about a pair of gloves Henry is sending home to William.…

Tags: 1919, Athens IL, Brest, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Fort Merritt, gloves, Henry Hibbs, Hibbs Personal Papers, January 25, La rue de Paris, Menard County, postcard, William Hibbs

Wabash Railway Station Map: Lands, Tracks, and Structures - Wabash Yards (6/30/1919)

This Wabash Railway station map shows the lands, tracks, and structures in and around the Wabash yards.

Tags: #8.003, 13th St., 14th St., 15th St., 16th St., 1919, 22nd St., 23rd Place, 23rd St., 24th St., 25th St., 26th St., 6/30/1919, additions, Bourne Stroh's Addition, businesses, Camp and Emrich's Addition of Outlots, car shop, coach painting shop, coach shop, collection, Decatur Ice Company, Decatur IL, Donovan Heights 1st Addition, dry kiln, E. Marietta St., East Decatur Heights, general foreman car department, Herkimer St., ISHRAB-2017-25-92, locker & dining room, Locust St., Lumber Shed, machine & blacksmith shop, map, Maps, mill & tin shop, Moser St. Clarence Ave., Office of Chief Engineer, oil house, open shed, Orchard St., paint house, paint shed, Planing Mill, Power House, Raceland Plat "D" in Plat "A", rail saw, Railroad Map Collection, reclamation plant, service building, storage house, store house, Streets, Thomas Ave., Wabash, Wabash Place, Wabash Railroad, Wabash Railway, Wabash RR, Wabash yards, wash room, yard office, Yards

Wabash Railway Station Map: Lands, Tracks and Structures - N. Monroe St to Wabash Yards (6/30/1919)

This station map shows the Wabash Railway's lands, tracks, and structures between N. Monroe St. and the Wabash yards.

Tags: 1919, 6/30/1919, American Brick Hominy Co., Assessor's subdivision, Assessor's Subdivision of block 4, B.H. Carr's Addition, Barnett's Resurvey, Broadway St., Central Ave., Cerro Gordo St., Church St., Clerk's Vision, collection, College St., County Subdivision, Decatur IL, Durfee and King's Addition, Durfee Warren Company's Addition, E.B. Durfee's 1st Addition, Edward St., Eldorado St., Erman Survey, Fearn Bruce subdivision, Franklin St., Front St., G.J. Parke's Resurvey, Gibb's Addition, H. Mueller Mfg Co. Resurvey, H. Robinson's Addition, H.R. Durfee's Addition, Hammer's Resurvey, Henry Prather's Addition, Huff Bros. Lot 2 Resurvey, ICRR, ICRR depot, Illinois Central Railroad, Illinois Terminal System, ISHRAB-2017-25-105, ISHRAB-2017-25-106, ITS freight house, J.F. Montgomery's Addition, Jackson St., Joseph King's Addition, lands, map, Maps, Martin and Gatzing's Addition, Maryland St., Mason St., Monroe St., Morgan St., Mueller Mfg Co., N. Main St., N. Water St., Office of Chief Engineer, Plant and Tuttle's Addition, R.J. Oglesby's Addition, railroad, Railroad Map Collection, Reed & Co's Addition, S.K. Thompson's Addition, Sangamon St., Schroll's subdivision, station map, stock pens, structures, Swearingan's Resurvey, Tracks, Union St., V.H. Parks Warehouse, W. Green St., W. King St., Wabash, Wabash Depot, Wabash Railroad, Wabash Railway, Wabash RR, Wabash yards, Wabash YMCA, Wait & Company's Addition, Western Addition, Yards

Wabash Railway Station Map: Lands - Calhoun St. to 22nd St. (6/30/1919)

This station map shows the land around the Wabash RR tracks from Calhoun St. to 22nd St. in 1919. This includes streets and additions in that area.

Tags: #8.003, 1919, 22nd St., 2nd St., 3rd St., 4th St., 5th St., 6/30/1919, 6th St., additions, Allen St., Allen's Subdivision, Arch St., Calhoun St., Carver's Addition, Cassell's 2nd Addition, Chamber of Commerce subdivision, Chambers Bering & Quinlan Co. Resurvey Block 9, Charles St., Clayton St., collection, Condit St., D. Cameron Resurvey, Decatur IL, Dodson's Addition, E. Thomas Subdivision, East Decatur Heights, East End Industrial Subdivision, East St., Eichinger Heights, Ennis Addition, Gatling's Addition, Great Western Ave., H.W. Hill's subdivision, Illinois St., ISHRAB-2017-25-108, Jasper St., lands, Lowber St., map, Maps, Marietta St., N. Folk St., N. Jordan St., Orchard St., Pearl St., Peddecord & Burrow's Addition, Power's 1st Addition, railroad, Railroad Map Collection, Rolling Mill Addition, S. Powers subdivision, S.S. Jack's Addition, Sangamon St., Stapp's subdivision, station map, Stock St., Stone St., Streets, Tracks, Wabash, Wabash Ave., Wabash Railroad, Wabash Railway, Wabash RR, Witt St., Woodford St.

Wabash Railway Station Map: Lands, Tracks, and Structures - Fairview Park to N. Monroe St. (6/30/1919)

This station map shows the Wabash Railway's lands, tracks, and structures between Fairview Park and N. Monroe St. in 1919.

Tags: #8.003, 1919, 6/30/1919, Bellevue Place, Cerro Gordo St., collection, Decatur IL, Dunham St., Dunham's Addition, E.B. Durfee's 1st Addition, E.B. Durfee's 2nd Addition, E.B. Durfee's 3rd Addition, Fairview Addition, Fairview Ave., Fairview Park, Fairview Place, H. Robinson's Addition, H.A. Wood's West Park Addition of out lots, Hill's Addition of out lots, ICRR, Illinois Central Railroad, ISHRAB-2017-25-114, ISHRAB-2017-25-115, ISHRAB-2017-25-116, ISHRAB-2017-25-119, lands, map, Maps, McClelland Ave., Miller & Packard Addition, Mueller Manufacturing Co., N. Mercer St., N. Monroe St., N. Pine St., Oakland Ave., Office of Chief Engineer, Pleasant View, Polar Ice Co., Quinlan's 1st Addition, Quinlan's 2nd Addition, Quinlan's 3rd Addition, railroad, Railroad Ave., Railroad Map Collection, S.K. Thompson Addition, S.K. Thompson's 2nd Addition, Solana Place, station map, structures, Tracks, University Ave., University Heights, Van Dyke St., W. Eldorado St., W. Green St., W. King St., W. North St., Wabash, Wabash Railroad, Wabash Railway, Wabash RR, Western Addition

Wabash Railway Station Map: Lands, Tracks and Structures - State Route 48 to W. Decatur St. (6/30/1919)

This station map shows the lands, tracks, and structures of the Wabash Railway between State Route 48 and W. Decatur St. in 1919.

Wabash Railway Station Map : Tracks and Structures - Wabash Yards (6/30/1919)

This station map shows the Wabash Railway yards from Calhoun St. to 22nd St. in 1919.

Tags: #8.003, 1919, 22nd St., 4th St., 5th St., 6/30/1919, 6th St., A.E. Staley Manufacturing Co., American Hominy Co., Arch St., boiler room, Calhoun St., car inspector's office, Chambers Bering & Quinlan Co., Charles St., CI&W RR, Cincinnati Indianapolis & Western RR, Clayton St., Condit St., Decatur Bridge Co., Decatur Foundry Co., Decatur IL, E. Sangamon St., East Ave., Ice Storage, Illinois St., ISHRAB-2017-25-132, Jasper St., Jordan St., lavatory & locker room for colored, locker & wash room, locomotive blacksmith shop, locomotive shop, locomotive store room, Lowber St., machine shop, Marietta St., master mechanic office, N. Folk St., oil house, Orchard St., Railroad Map Collection, Sangamon St., signal repair shop, station map, Stone St., structures, Tracks, Wabash, Wabash Ave., Wabash office, Wabash Railroad, Wabash Railway, Wabash round house, Wabash RR, Wabash yards, wash & locker room, Witt St., Woodford St., Yards

Pennsylvania Lines - Proposed Extension of Side Track for the Shellabarger Elevator Co. & Re-arrangement of Tracks in Marietta St. Yard (12/6/1919)

This map shows the proposed side track extension of the Pennsylvania Lines for the Shellabarger Elevator Co., and the re-arrangement of the Marietta St. yards.

Photograph of Rev. James Walton McDonald

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Photograph of Rev. James Walton McDonald. (born 1869; died 6/16/1951) Presbyterian pastor in Decatur 23 years, leaving in 1923 for Kansas City, MO. Came to Decatur in 1901 from Logansport, IN. First pastor of the Cumberland Presbyterian church,…

Tags: 1919, biography, Churches, Cumberland Presbyterian, Decatur IL, Dr. W.S. Dando, Herald and Review, Minister, pastor, Presbyterian Churches, Rembrandt Studios, Rev. J.N. McDonald, Rev. James Walton McDonald, Rev. McDonald, Westminster Presbyterian

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