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1956 Decatur High School Decanois

This is the 1956 Decatur High School Decanois yearbook.

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1957 Decatur High School Decanois

This is the 1957 Decatur High School Decanois yearbook. The 1957 yearbook is the last year that Decatur High School is called Decatur High School in the yearbook. After this year, the school will be referred to as Stephen Decatur High School.

Tags: 1957, Decanois, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, high school, yearbook

Agora Society at Fairview Park, Spring 1914

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Agora Society Women at the West End of Fairview Park in the Spring of 1914.

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Amherst Hardy's Oral History

This is the oral history of Amherst Hardy. He was interviewed by Robert Williams on February 28, 1990. The interview includes his early life, working for the Herald and Review, and his experience during World War II.

Tags: 1990, Amherst Hardy, amphibian forces, assembly plants, Associated Press A-Wire, Barracks, bill collector, Blue Book, Bob Barracks, Bob Yoder, Buryl Engleman, Buses, carnivals, CCC Camp, changes to Decatur, Circus, city hall, Civilian Concentration Corp, Comet automobile, David Felts, Decatur Herald and Review, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Dennis School, destroyer tender repair ship, English major, Espirito Santo, February 1990, flash signals, Football, Forrest Kyle, Great Depression, H. Allen Smith, ham radio, hospital evacuation ship, Howard Millard, interurban line, interview, Jane Lee, Japan, Jeffry automobile, Jitney buses, John Stacey hanging, Kennedy Assassination, Kintner Gymnasium, Layah Riggs, Lincoln Theater, Millikin University, Morse code, Moweaqua coal mine collapse, Mr. Lindsay, Navy, newsboys, newspaper plant, old courthouse, oral history, Otto Kyle, Pan-American automobile, Paul Aird, police beat, prize fights, Prohibition, PWA, radio man, recording, reporter, Robert Williams, Roosevelt Junior High School, Roosevelt New Deal Program, Sam Tucker, SATC, Shellabarger Building, short wave radio, Streetcars, Student Army Training Corps, telegraph reporter, trip to Maine, vaccinating pigs, Veterinarian, wooden block pavement, World War I, World War II, WPA, WWI, WWII

Arney Roberts at DHS

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Photograph of Arney Roberts in front of Decatur High School in Decatur, IL.

Tags: Arney Roberts, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Mabel Grubbs Roberts, Roberts family, Roberts Family Collection

Barkley Selby Brooks

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Photograph of Barkley Selby Brooks (d. 3/3/1954), an Decatur architect and building with the firm Brooks, Bramhall, and Dague. He was the architect on the Decatur High School, the junior high schools, Millikin University, D&MC Hospital, Macon County…

Tags: Anna B. Millikin Home, architect, Barkley Selby Brooks, biography, Brooks Bramhall and Dague, builder, D&MC Hospital, Decatur Herald and Review, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, junior high schools, Macon County TB Sanitorium, Mason, Millikin University, Photo File: Biography, Superintendent of building, trustee, Westminster Presbyterian Church

Tags: 35 ml film projector, aerial photography, algebra class, Assistant Boys Secretary, Assistant Sales Manager, background check, Betty Turnell, Bill Summer, boat races, Bob Hope's State Fair trip, Bob Strongman, Bread Salesman, Buckmeisters Grocery Store, changes at the Herald & Review, changes to photography, childhood, Coal Mines, Decatur Camera Club, Decatur Herald & Review, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, disasters, E.J. Muffley, Enterprise School District, freelance work, Governor Ogilvie, grammar class, Great Depression, Gunhill Johnson Crippled Children's Room, Harry Truman, horse plow, ice skating, ice wagon, industrial photography, interview, Kennedy Campaign, Lee Pigott, Lincoln School, Marietta School, mid-year graduate, Model T pickup truck, N. Union St., neighborhood grocery stores, one room school, oral history, Parkview Motel, Pfile's Camera Shop, photography, Piggly-Wiggly, polio, Presidential Candidate Whistle Stops, press credentials, processing, Pugh School, recess, recitation bench, recording, retirement, Richard Nixon, Roosevelt Junior High School, Russell Shaffer, Russian Missile Crisis, snow sled, street hockey, student-built boats, swim therapy, Tasty Bread, Truman's visit to Decatur, Truman's Whistle Stop, Victor Borge, weddings, Wooden Shoe Fire, YMCA, YMCA Boys Department

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1956 Decatur High School Decanois

1957 Decatur High School Decanois

Agora Society at Fairview Park, Spring 1914

Amherst Hardy's Oral History

Arney Roberts at DHS

Barkley Selby Brooks

Bernard Patterson - Decatur High School Student

Bessie Hall - Decatur High School

Beulah Pelton - Decatur High School Student

Bob Strongman's Oral History