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Library Block Main and William Streets

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Photograph of the Library Block taken in 1896, horses and carriages on the street.

Library Block Fire

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Photograph of the Library Block taken 2/21/1892 after the fire. Photo taken from Southwest looking toward the south west corner of the building.

Library Bill of Rights - December 1994

This is the Library Bill of Rights sponsored by the American Library Association, December 1994

Lewis W. Stuckey

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Photograph of Lewis W. Stuckey; Retired Decatur furniture dealer. He retired from the furniture business in Decatur for 41 years. He was a partner of Weilepp & Stuckey furniture firm which opened a store in 1918 at 432 N. Water St. Later the business…

Lewis W. Shade

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Photograph of Lewis W. Shade; He was connected with the Bennett & Shade Insurance Agency in Decatur. He is very prominent in clubs and activities of Decatur. He is a member and former president of the Decatur Motor Club, (1928) president of the…

Lewis Stitt

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These are the glass negatives of Lewis Stitt. The photos were taken by Charles Wasson of Wasson Studios in Decatur, IL on April 18, c. 1915.

Lewis E. Coonradt

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Photograph of Dr. Lewis E. Coonradt (b. 10/23/1870, d. 6/8/1943) standing with a weather box. He was the son of Jacob H. Coonradt, and opened a dentist office in the Fenton Block on Water St in August 1895. He became the official weather man of…

Levi P. Graham

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Photograph of Levi P. Graham (d. 1907). He was a patent attorney and inventor. Graham invented a seed corn sorter, and had several other patents on corn planting machinery. The photo was taken by Smith of Decatur, and ran in the Decatur Herald on…