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Photos of Mueller Mfg. Co.
Photograph of Mueller Art Department Building. Photo of Mueller Co. interior men standing around machines. Photo of Mueller Co. interior. Photograph of Mueller Co. located along Wabash Railroad on West Cerro Gordo St.
George Zwilling
Photograph of George Zwilling; (died 1/26/1946). Veteran employee of the Mueller Co. He moved to Decatur in 1891 and joined the Mueller Co. and remained in the employ almost 35 years before retiring. He was a member of the Decatur Council No. 577,…
Frank O. Zetterlind
Photograph of Frank O. Zetterlind; (died 10/13/1933). He was an employee of the Mueller Co. for 53 years. He came to Decatur in June of 1880 and was hired as a blacksmith by Hieronymous Mueller. He later became head of the blacksmith shop there and…
George H. Stoy
Photography of George H. Stoy; (died 7/15/1943). Former Decatur township highway commissioner and city milk inspector. Ill health in 1941 caused him to resign as milk inspector. He was employed by the Mueller Co. for 18 years. Later he was township…
Stephen E. McDaniel
Photograph of Stephen E. McDaniel taken by Rembrandt's Studios of Decatur. Stephen E. McDaniel (died Aug 14, 1954). He was president of the S. E. McDaniel Plumbing Co., Inc. A lifelong resident of Decatur, he joined Theron Smith in 1916 to form the…
William "Bill" Knight
Photograph of William "Bill" Knight. Knight ran a news stand at N. Water and E. North Sts., and later, in the Post Office. He was also an inspector at the Mueller Co. until 1930. In 1952, an article appeared in the Coronet Magazine that stated…
Henry C. Hagen
Photograph of Henry C. Hagen (d. 8/20/1942). He was a member of the last city council before the commission form of government was established in 1911. He was a machinist who worked for Union Iron Works, Mueller Co., and Williams Sealing Corp. …
A. Merle Cobb
Photograph of A. Merle Cobb (b. 3/24/1881, d. 12/10/1942). He was the son of Rev. A.P. Cobb (Cobb Ave. is named after him). Cobb was associated with Mueller Co. and Cobb-Creighton Insurance Co., and a member of Central Christian Church.