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Photo of Old Morehouse & Wells Building.

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Photograph of the old Morehouse and Wells building, located to the left of Flora Gems building.

Photo of Post Office on Franklin Street, Decatur, IL.

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Photograph of the Post Office located on Franklin Street, Decatur, IL. Photo by Don Baker.

Photo of Hue Singleton Restaurant

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Photographs of Hue Singleton's Restaurant located on the Northwest side of the Lincoln Square. "Negro restaurant operator in Decatur many years."

Photos taken from the Macon County Courthouse Roof in 1996 by Don Baker.

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Photograph of S. Franklin and Wood Street taken from the top of the courthouse. Photograph of the roofs of different parts of the courthouse and S. Franklin. Photograph of Franklin St. Mall and S. Franklin. Photograph of Old City Hall and Greenview…

Data Services Memorandum - July 15, 1976

This is the memorandum and proposal from Don Wood, Director of Data Services at the City of Decatur, to the Board for an automated library system.

David Frahlman

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Photograph of David Frahlman skateboarding down Spangler Dr. The photo was taken by Doug Gauman from the Herald and Review, and ran in the Decatur Herald and Review on April 1, 1967.

Letter from Dove, Inc. pertaining to recycling operation - August 2009

This is a letter from Dove Inc. asking the Decatur Public Library to be their new site of recycling in Decatur. This is a letter of proposal date August 2009

Recycling Letter - Dove - August 2009

This is a letter from Dove, Inc., asking the Decatur Public Library to be the drop off station for their recycling program. They were in cooperation with DPS61 but that has changed. They would like for part of the library parking lot to used now for…

Photograph of Wabash R.R. Employees in front of the Freight House

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Photograph of Wabash R.R. employees standing outside of the Wabash railway freight house taken in April of 1919. From left to right: C.L. Gambriel, Harry Bechtel, John A. Boyd, G.R. Layhir, Thedosia (?) Falkner, Mildrid Randolph, Minnie Dauford, Bob…