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Photograph of Fire Wagon during Funeral Procession
Photograph of Jim Park driving a fire wagon for Jack Sheehy's funeral procession taken in 1909.
Photograph of Fire Truck Designed by Fire Chief
Photograph of a fire truck designed by Fire Chief Will Platt of Decatur. Costing nearly $17,000 and weighing almost 8 tons, the truck embodied a radical change in cab style and equipment. Seven men, including the driver, rode in the cab; none on the…
Photograph of Farmer's Market 1911
Public market of 1911-1913. Decatur housewives used to go to the east side of Central Park for direct-from-the-farm produce. This picture was taken in November of 1911 and not an auto truck in sight.
Photograph of F/C Garver, C. P. (40-D) in cockpit of airplane
Herald and Review Library: Graver, Carl P. in cockpit of airplane, 7/27/1940, photo used. Carl P. Garver of Boiling Springs Road, Decatur, IL."
Photograph of Eunice Ensign, Carnegie Library Staff
Photograph of Eunice Ensign, Carnegie Library Staff, Book Binding and Preparation
Photograph of Eugenia Allin
Photograph of Eugenia Allin, the first librarian of Millikin University. Photo taken on June 12th, 1955.
Photograph of Elizabeth Crawford, Carnegie Library Staff
Photograph of Elizabeth Crawford, Carnegie Library Staff, Circulation and Extension
Photograph of Eli Ulery Log Cabin
Photograph of Eli Ulery's log cabin, probably built around the 1840's or 1850's. In the 1871 city directory Ulery was listed as a cattle dealer and resident of 22 W. William St. This photograph dates to about 1900 and is by Thomas McCluskey of…
Photograph of Edward Platt and Lawrence L. Gibbons
Photograph of Fire Chief Edward Platt and head of detectives Lawrence L. Gibbons as Chief Platt claims the trophy as a token of his department having won the annual firemen-policemen baseball game.