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Photograph of the Abraham Lincoln Statue in Lincoln School

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Photograph of children next to a statue of Abraham Lincoln residing in Lincoln School taken on February 9th, 1951.

Photograph of the Agora Society

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Photograph of Decatur High School's Agora Society, a literary society, taken in the west end of Fairview Park in the spring of 1914.

Photograph of the Class of 1950 Reunion

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Photograph of the Class of 1950 forty year reunion taken during alumni weekend in June of 1990. Names listed left to right.
Row One: William M. Tangney, Merril Cameron Dees '48, Mrs. Staley, Alice Jones Lambrick, Bill Dickinson, Marian Anderson…

Photograph of the Dennis School Building Site

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Photograph of the Dennis School building site taken in 1909 shortly before the school was built. This house once stood where the Dennis building now stands and this area used to be on the very edge of town, practically in the woods. Land on which the…

Photograph of the E.A. Gastman School Fountain

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Photograph of the E.A. Gastman school fountain given to the school by E.A. Gastman in memory of his wife Caroline Sargeant Gastman. Mr. Gastman bought the fountain at the St. Louis World's fair from an Italian sculptor, paying $700 for the piece. The…

Photograph of the Jacob Henry Coonradt Memorial Tablet

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Photograph of the Jacob Henry Coonradt memorial tablet. This tablet, which had resided in Decatur High School, was given in appreciation of the long teaching service Coonradt had given the school. He taught there from September 5th, 1881 to December…

Photograph of the Library Science Class at Millikin University

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Photograph of the Library Science class at Millikin University taken in 1906. First row, left to right: Anne Boyd, Verna Brooks, Minnie Redmon, Jessie Ferguson. Second Row: Eugenia Allin, unknown, Estelle Bryant, unknown.