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The Hammond Packing Co.

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Photograph of The Hammond Packing Co. on 798 N. Broadway in 1908.

Tags: 1908, 798 N. Broadway St., BD96, Buildings, Decatur IL., Hammond Packing Co., Herald and Review, Photo File: Buildings

The Ginny Lee Gift Shop

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Photographs of the Ginny Lee Gift Shop Building and Mrs. Frank Snell.

Tags: 236 W. Eldorado, BS1504, BS1505, building, Business, Frances Snell, Gift Shop, Handmade, Mrs. Frank Snell, Specialty Items, The Ginny Lee

The Fishing Club

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Photograph of the fishing holes at the Fishing Club. The Fishing Club became the South Side Country Club in 1924.

Tags: associations, Decatur Herald and Review, Decatur IL, Fishing Club, fishing hole, Photo File: Associations, South Side Country Club

The End of the Hunt (1917)

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Photograph of the end of a rabbit hunt. The rabbits are strung up along the fence with the unknown men and children standing around it. Photo taken in 1917 in Oconee, IL

Tags: 1917, End of the Hunt, hunting, Mabel Grubbs Roberts, Oconee IL, rabbits, Roberts Family Collection, unknown children, unknown men

The Chanticleers - YWCA Basketball Team 1910

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Negative of the Chanticleers, a 1910 YWCA basketball team. Left to right: Pearl Kruse, Frances Dutch, Inez Ruckle, Edna Cromer, Edith Cope, Nita Hannum, Gertrude Mallory. The photo ran in Decatur Daily Review on May 15, 1910.

Tags: 1910, associations, basketball, basketball team, Chanticleers, Decatur Daily Review, Decatur IL, negative, Photo File: Associations, YWCA

The Boss

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Photograph of a man at his desk in his office. The photo is labeled "Boss".

Tags: Boss, Ella Foulk Converse, Foulk family, man, office

The Bears of Fairview Park

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These are the photos and negatives of the bears that were kept at Fairview Park until 1972.

Tags: 1942-1951, bears, Decatur IL, Decatur Park District, Fairview Park, Fairview Park bears

The Balbach Stars - YWCA Basketball Team 1908

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Photograph of the 1908 YWCA basketball team, the Balbach Stars. Back row (left-right): Nita Hannum, Carrie Auer. Front row (left-right): Lora Park, Rose Ruckle, Caroline Metz, Josephine Kirk. The photograph ran in the Decatur Daily Review on…

Tags: 1908, associations, Balbach Stars, basketball, basketball team, Caroline Metz, Carrie Auer, Decatur Daily Review, Decatur IL, Josephine Kirk, Lora Park, Nita Hannum, Photo File: Associations, Rose Ruckle, YWCA