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Isabelle Dawson - Millikin University Freshman, Delta Delta Delta

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This is the glass negative of Isabelle Dawson, a Millikin University Freshman, and member of Delta Delta Delta sorority. The photo was taken by Charles Wasson of Wasson Studios in Decatur, IL in the early 1900s.

Isabelle Sullivan - St. Theresa Academy

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This is the glass negative of Isabelle Sullivan, a St. Theresa Academy student. The photo was taken by Charles Wasson of Wasson Studios in Decatur, IL in the early 1900s.

Isador Abraham Wallins

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Photograph of Isador Abrahm Wallins, Decatur aent for New York Life Insurance Co. Photo by VanDeventer Studio of Decatur.

Isaiah Green

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Photograph of Isaiah Green (d. 2/11/1909), a veteran Wabash Railroad employee. He started in 1881 as a wiper, then as a helper in the storeroom. He was a Civil War Veteran, serving with the 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. The photo ran in the…

Iva Tate

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This is the glass negative of Iva Tate. The photo was taken by Charles Wasson of Wasson Studios in Decatur, IL in the early 1900s.

Ivra Shaw - Beta Gamma Kappa

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This is the glass negative of Ivra Shaw, a member of the Beta Gamma Kappa sorority. The photo was taken by Charles Wasson of Wasson Studios in Decatur, IL in the early 1900s.

J. Arthur Keith

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Photograph of J. Arthur Keith (b. 12/28/1878, d. 10/8/1951). He was an employee of Gebhart-Gushard Co. for 40 years before retiring in 1946. He was one of the original employees of the William Gushard Co. that was founded in 1906. Keith was also a…

J. B. McMillin

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Photograph of J. B. McMillin. He was appointed general assistant to the commercial superintendent of the Central Union Telephone Co. in 1918 and moved to Springfield. He became manager of the Decatur exchange of the company in 1903.

J. Bend Wand

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Photograph of J. Ben Wand; (died 4/5/1948). Publisher of trade journals in Florida. He was a graduate of Millikin in 1911 and a former telegraph editor of the Herald and Review. He was editor of the Clinton Evening Public from 1914 to 1917. He went…

J. Bering Burrows

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Photograph of J. Bering Burrows (d. 4/14/1937). He was the Director of the National Bank of Decatur, and had gone into business with his father, Lowber Burrows, as a banker in 1905. He lived at 271 W. North St, the 1956 site of the Masonic Temple…