Browse Items (55 total)

  • Tags: 1950

Last Snapshot at Maxwell Place: William and Augusta Besalke

http://omeka.decaturlibrary.org/files/original/48bf5c48bb38f6256ba817c5c704e3f1.jpg
Photograph of William and Augusta Besalke reading a magazine together at Maxwell Place.

Last Snapshot at Maxwell Place: Marie at China Cabinet

http://omeka.decaturlibrary.org/files/original/2bda3760988f581b10c45cdf4ca470f1.jpg
Photograph of Marie Maxwell sitting in front of a china cabinet at Maxwell Place.

Last Snapshot of Maxwell Place: Mac and Marie Maxwell

http://omeka.decaturlibrary.org/files/original/e218f55bc552089c4cb0904708fa9acb.jpg
Photograph of Mac and Marie Maxwell sitting on a couch at Maxwell Place on Hardy St.

Last Snapshot at Maxwell Place

http://omeka.decaturlibrary.org/files/original/19d248ca0b9a4843f2f8967de8f93b53.jpg
Photograph of Swede Besalke, Lucille Besalke, Dorothy Hale, Lyle Hale, Eddie Besalke, Rose Besalke, and Marie Maxwell, around a table at Maxwell Place in 1950.

Fred Wittke Clan in Cedar Rapids, IA

http://omeka.decaturlibrary.org/files/original/464ba99be92c48099e363629f1f571d5.jpg
Photograph of the Fred Wittke family clan in Cedar Rapids, IA on August 26, 1950. Swede and Lucille Besalke can be seen in the photo.

Photo of the John Irwin Clothiers

http://omeka.decaturlibrary.org/files/original/4c6c18fd73c4aa4a69efe59d227cced6.jpg
Photograph of the John Irwin Clothiers, 108 E. Prairie St., Decatur, IL. Mr. Irwin, who lived at 366 W. Decatur Street, was apparently out of business in 1891, according to the directory. The children of John Irwin, and his wife, Alta Barber Irwin,…