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Mrs. Maude Herbert - Generations

This is the glass negative of 4 generations of women (3 women and 1 baby). The photo was taken for Mrs. Maude Herbert by Charles Wasson of Wasson Studios in Decatur, IL on April 7, c. 1915.

Tags: 3 women, 4 generations, April 7, baby, c. 1915, Charles Wasson, Charles Wasson Photo Collection, Decatur IL, family, generations, Glass Negative, Mrs. Maude Herbert, negative, three women, Wasson Studios, Women

Mrs. Martha Hamilton - Child

This is the glass negative of Mrs. Martha Hamilton's child. The photo was taken by Charles Wasson of Wasson Studios in Decatur, IL in the early 1900s.

Tags: c. 1910, Charles Wasson, Charles Wasson Photo Collection, child, Decatur IL, Glass Negative, Mrs. Martha Hamilton, negative, Wasson Studios

Mrs. Marie G. Baker's Oral History

This is the oral history of Marie G. Baker. She was interviewed by Betty Turnell in March 1977. The interview includes her childhood, the NAACP, and discrimination in Decatur.

Tags: 1977, 4-year scholarship, A.H. Mills, A.M.E. Church, African Methodist Church, Betty Turnell, brother, C.L. Livingston, childhood, College Street Chapel, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, discrimination, Dr. Ellis, Edward Jacobs, family life, First Methodist Church, First Presbyterian Church, housing discrimination, Howard Shaw, Howard University, Huron Place, injunction, interview, James Millikin University, job discrimination, John Reagan, Lake Decatur, Lincoln School, March 1977, Marie G. Baker, Marietta Street School, Mary White Ollington, Mrs. Buster, Mrs. Eugenia Bacon, Murfield Storey, N. Union St., NAACP, National Civil Rights Law, national meetings, Niagara movement, oral history, Pennsylvania line, Physician's and Surgeon's College, Pugh School, race discrimination, Railway Postal Service, recording, Rev. E.M. Antrim, San Tucker, Singleton's Restaurant, Springfield Race Riots, swimming beach, swimming pools, truck garden, Warren Hardy, William English Walling

Mrs. M.L. Harry - Child

These are the glass negatives of Mrs. M.L. Harry's child. The photos were taken by Charles Wasson of Wasson Studios in Decatur, IL in the early 1900s.

Tags: c. 1910, Charles Wasson, Charles Wasson Photo Collection, child, Decatur IL, Glass Negative, Mrs. M.L. Harry, Wasson Studios

Mrs. M.E. Stoutenborough

This is the glass negative of Mrs. M.E. Stoutenborough. The photo was taken by Charles Wasson of Wasson Studios in Decatur, IL in the early 1900s.

Tags: c. 1915, Charles Wasson, Charles Wasson Photo Collection, Decatur IL, Glass Negative, Mrs. M.E. Stoutenborough, negative, Wasson Studios, woman

Mrs. M.E. King

This is the glass negative of Mrs. M.E. King. The photo was taken by Charles Wasson of Wasson Studios in Decatur, IL in the early 1900s.

Tags: c. 1910, Charles Wasson, Charles Wasson Photo Collection, Decatur IL, Glass Negative, Mrs. M.E. King, Wasson Studios, woman

Photograph of Mrs. M. M. (Olive) Wornick; (died 5/26/1943). Prominent in civic and social work in Decatur. She had been a member of the Decatur Woman's Club since 1904. In 1914 she was vice-chairman of the art and literature division of that club.…

Tags: biography, Decatur IL., Decatur Woman's Club, Mrs. M. M. Wornick, Olive Wornick, Photo File: Biography, Wasson Studio of Decatur

Mrs. M. Hatcher - Girl & Baby

These are the glass negatives of Mrs. M. Hatcher's children, a girl and a baby. The photos were taken by Charles Wasson of Wasson Studios in Decatur, IL in the early 1900s.

Tags: baby, c. 1910, Charles Wasson, Charles Wasson Photo Collection, Children, Decatur IL, girl, Glass Negative, Mrs. M. Hatcher, negative, Wasson Studios

Mrs. Lynn M. (Donna B.) Barnes

Photograph of Mrs. Lynn M. (Donna B.)Barnes (d. 3/13/1938), wife of Dr. Lynn M. Barnes. She was the DAR regent in 1926. Barnes lived at 438 W. North St. in the old Ira N. Barnes house. The photo was taken by Vandeventer, and used in the Decatur…

Tags: 1931, 438 W. North St., biography, DAR, Daughters of the American Revolution, Decatur Daily Review, Decatur IL, Donna B. Barnes, Mrs. Lynn M. (Donna B.) Barnes, Photo File: Biography, Vandeventer

Mrs. Lydia Gossett - Oreana, IL

This is the glass negative of Mrs. Lydia Gossett from Oreana, IL. The photo was taken by Charles Wasson of Wasson Studios in Decatur, IL in the early 1900s.

Tags: c. 1910, Charles Wasson, Charles Wasson Photo Collection, Decatur IL, Glass Negative, Mrs. Lydia Gossett, negative, Wasson Studios, woman

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