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Photos of the Lincoln Theatre located on N. Main St., Decatur, IL.
Photographs taken at the Lincoln Theatre, audience, interior, exterior and marquee.
Photos Linn & Scruggs Department Store
Photograph of William Scruggs, part owner of department store Linn & Scruggs, and delivery truck. Photograph of Group in front of the store.
Photograph of Store Downtown, Store in South Shores, 82nd Anniversary Party, Employee Meeting, Old Key and…
Photograph of Store Downtown, Store in South Shores, 82nd Anniversary Party, Employee Meeting, Old Key and…
N. Main St. Subway Looking North
This is the glass negative of the N. Main St. subway looking north. The photo was taken by Pfile's Camera Shop for the Decatur Herald & Review in Decatur, IL around 1930.
Photo of Western Union Messengers on Bicycles Next Door Rex Electric
Photograph of Western Union Messengers on Bicycles in front of the Western Union Store. Rex Electric Co. is next door.
Photos of the Home Telephone Building
Photograph of the Home Telephone Building, N. Main St., Decatur, IL. Photo used in the Decatur Business 977.358A, p. 96-1.
Photo of Building 300 Block N. Main
Photograph of Decatur city street, 300 Block N. Main looking north and east from the intersection of William St.
Photo of Library Block, N. Main and E. William Streets.
Photograph of the Library Block N. Main St. and E. William St.
Mary A. Nesbitt
Photography of Miss Mary A. Nesbitt; (died 5/8/1937). First Woman optometrist in Illinois. She practiced optometry for 32 years before she retired in 1925. About 1907 she went to South Dakota and homesteaded for awhile. She came back to Decatur and…
Joseph Mills
Photograph of Joseph Mills (died July 6, 1913). Veteran Decatur lumberman. He bought land at the corner of N. Main and William Streets in 1853 and started a carpenter shop. He was a contractor and building until 1878. During this time he erected,…
Budd Florey
Photograph of Budd Florey (d. 7/25/1916). Florey was a tinner by trade, and a member of Greer and Florey, who had a tin shop on N. Main St. next to the Arcade Hotel. The shop was destroyed in the Decatur Hotel and Arcade hotel fire, and the firm…