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Photo of Company "H", Illinois National Guards on return from Springfield, IL. standing at attention with duffel bags

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Herald and Review Library: Photo of Co. H, Illinois National Guards, on return from Springfield, IL.

Tags: Co. H, Decatur IL., Illinois National Guard, World War I, WWI

Photo of Armed Forces WWI; one of the reserve militia companies standing at attention with rifles

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Herald and Review Library: Photo of Reserve Militia standing at attention with rifles

Tags: Decatur IL., Reserve Militia, World War I, WWI

Patriotic Food Show Herald Booth

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WWI - Herald booth at the Patriotic Food Show. See Food

Tags: Decatur IL, Food Conservation, Herald Booth, Patriotic Food Show, World War I, WWI

Patriot Food Show Ushers

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WWI - Patriot Food show Ushers, c. 1918. Sign in photo "For Food Pledge Card - sign here"

Tags: Decatur IL., Food Conservation, Food Pledge, World War I, WWI

One of the Reserve Militia Companies c.1917

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WWI - photograph of one of the reserve militia companies. c. 1917

Tags: Decatur IL., Reserve Militia, World War I, WWI

Officers of JMU Battalion c. 1917

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WWI - photograph of Officers of the James Millikin University Battalion standing in front of the Liberal Art Hall. c. 1917. This battalion was part of the Student Army Training Corps.

Tags: Decatur IL., James Millikin University Battalion, JMU Battalion, Millikin University, S.A.T.C., SATC, Student Army Training Corps, World War I, WWI

O-12 in Dry Dock

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Photograph of O-12 submarine in dry dock during World War I.

Tags: Eugene R. Roberts, O-12, Roberts Family Collection, Submarine, U.S. Navy, US Navy, World War I, WWI

Navy Seaman

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Photograph of an unknown Navy seaman in naval uniform from the World War I era.

Tags: Besalke Family Collection, naval uniform, U.S. Navy, unknown man, US Navy, World War I, WWI

Mrs. Ruth Gibbs' Oral History

This is the oral history of Mrs. Ruth Gibbs. She was interviewed by Betty Turnell in November 1983. The interview includes her work with the United Methodist Church.

Tags: 1983, Betty Turnell, Buddhist Monastery, Camp Milam, Central Jurisdiction, childhood, Christian County, Christian Social Relations, Cleveland Avenue Methodist Church, conversational English, country school, Davidson, Decatur District Women's Foreign Missionary Society, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Dr, Dr. Donald Gibbs, Dr. E.T. Evans, earthquake, Eastern Michigan University, Evangelical United Brethren Church, farm, First Methodist Church, First Methodist Church of Evanston, Garrett Theological Seminary, Great Depression, Harriet Ellis, Illiopolis High School, Imogene Brown, international committee, Interurban, interview, Japan, Jurisdiction Woman's Society, Ladies' Aid Society, Methodist Church combination, Millikin University, Mrs. Conklin, Mrs. E.T. Evans, Mrs. Lucy Oplinger, Mrs. Marksmiller, Mrs. R.C. Augustine, Mrs. Ruth Gibbs, national board, Negro colleges, North-Central Jurisdiction, Northwestern University, November 1983, oral history, president, recording, SATC, School of Christian Mission, Student Army Training Corps, Teacher, teachers' college, United Methodist Church, Wesleyan Service Guild, Women's Home Missionary Society, Women's Society of Christian Service, World War I, WWI, YMCA, Ypsilanti MI

Mrs. Jane M. Johns Making Trench Candles

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Photograph of 2 women making trench candles. Written on photograph "Mrs. Jane M. Johns making Trench Candles." c. 1918

Tags: Decatur IL., Red Cross, Trench Candles, World War I, WWI

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