Browse Items · Decatur Public Library Local History Photo Collection

Over the River

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Photograph of the river from overhead. Possibly taken from the tram car in RF301.

Tags: Mabel Grubbs Roberts, River, Roberts Family Collection

Over the River

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Photograph of a river from overhead. Possibly taken from the tram system in RF301.

Tags: Mabel Grubbs Roberts, outdoors, overhead, River, Roberts Family Collection

Ox Cart in Pensacola, FL 1911

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Photograph of an ox cart full of wood in Pensacola, FL in 1911.

Tags: 1911, Ella Foulk Converse, Foulk family, ox cart, Pensacola FL, vacation

P.D. Phillips - Children

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These are the glass negatives of P.D. Phillips children: a boy, girl, and baby. The photos were taken by Charles Wasson of Wasson Studios in Decatur, IL in the early 1900s.

Tags: baby, boy, c. 1910, Charles Wasson, Charles Wasson Photo Collection, Children, Decatur IL, girl, Glass Negative, negative, P.D. Phillips, Wasson Studios

Painting Stripes on Pavement

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Man running a paint stripping machine.

Tags: 1920's, Decatur IL., Herald and Review, Machinery, Macon County, maintenance, Paint Stripping Machine, Road Stripping, Roads

Pardon the Dust: Decatur Downtown Streetscape Enhancement Project - March 2012

This is a letter and small description of the Decatur downtown streetscape enhancement project in March 2012. Items stated were renovation ideas, goals, phases, and a map. Contact person Ashe Brown

Tags: Ashe Brown, board of directors, Board of Trustees, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Decatur's downtown streetscape enhancement project, goals, LeeAnn Fisher, letter, map, March 2012, Pardon the Dust, phases, renovation, support and patience