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October 2010 - All Committee Meetings - Minutes, Agendas, and Reports

These are the minutes, agendas, reports, of all meeting for the Decatur Public Library in October 2010. Items discussed were finance and properties, budget, check register, engineer's report, issues of mutual concern for the public library and the…

Observer Officials

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This is the glass negative of the officials of the Observer newspaper from Decatur High School. The photo was taken by Charles Wasson of Wasson Studios in Decatur IL in 1914.

Tags: 1914, 2 men, Charles Wasson, Charles Wasson Photo Collection, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, DHS, Glass Negative, Men, negative, Observer newspaper, Observer officials, Students, two men, Wasson Studios, woman

Obituary of John Riley Cooper, Hoosier, no date

This is the obituary of John Riley Cooper of Hoosier. He died of pneumonia and was a member of the Missionary Baptist Church. He was a Mason and an I. O. O. F. The funeral was conducted by Elder McKinnies at Coles Chapel with the interment under the…

Tags: Cole Chapel, Cooper Cemetery, Decatur IL, Elder McKinnies, Hibbs Personal Papers, Hoosier, I. O. O. F., John Riley Cooper, Louisville Masonic Lodge, Mason, Missionary Baptist Church, no date, Obituary, pneumonia

Obituary Mrs. Anna Hibbs, January 8, 1912, Decatur Herald and Review, Decatur IL,

This is the obituary of Mrs. Anna Hibbs who passed away on January 8, 1912. It lists her age, illness, mother, husband, sons, sister, and brother. Funeral arrangements are 9:00 a.m. Tuesday morning at the home of her mother. Interment is at Greenwood…

Oakland Model 8

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Photograph of an Oakland Model 8 in front of the garage in the yard. Oakland Motor Car Company was a division of General Motors, and was later renamed Pontiac in 1931.

Tags: 1932, 1985 W. Forest Ave., garage, Mabel Grubbs Roberts, Oakland Model 8, Oakland Motor Car Company, Roberts family, Roberts Family Collection, yard

O.T. Banton's Oral History

This is the oral history of O.T. Banton. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on 2/9/1979. The interview covers his time as a writer for the Decatur Herald and Review, and writing "History of Macon County" in 1976.

Tags: Decatur Herald and Review, Decatur IL, History of Macon County, O.T. Banton

O.C. Schooley - Baby

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This is the glass negative of O.C. Schooley's 4-month old baby. The photo was taken by Charles Wasson of Wasson Studios in Decatur, IL in the early 1900s.

Tags: 4 months, baby, c. 1910, Charles Wasson, Charles Wasson Photo Collection, Decatur IL, Glass Negative, O.C. Schooley, Wasson Studios