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Photo of Staley Bears Football Team

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Photograph of the Staley Bears Football Team taken in 1920.

Tags: 1920, Adins, Blacklock, BS400, Business, Clark, Decatur IL., Drssen, Feitchinger, Football, Gepford, Grain Companies, Halas, High, Ingwersen, Johnson, Jones, Koehler, Lanum, Lotshaw, Mac Wherter, May, Mintun, Pearc, Petty, Photo File: Business, Shank, Staley Bears, Staley Manufacturing, Sternaman, Trafton, Veach, Young

Photo of Tunis Wilson Funeral Procession

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Photographs of the funeral procession for Tunis Wilson; (died 4/20/1917). Tunis Wilson was a second lieutenant in Company L. of the Fifth Infantry Regiment of Illinois. He was recruiting men for his company when he contracted pneumonia and died. His…

Tags: 5th Inf Reg, Bijou Studios, biography, Decatur Bridge Works, Decatur IL., Funeral Procession, Illinois National Guard, Macon County IL., Photo File: Biography, Tunis Wilson, World War I, WWI

Photo of the Decatur Fishing Club Now South Side Country Club

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Photograph of the Decatur Fishing Club now South Side Country Club. Photo taken 10/21/1935.

Tags: 1935, associations, Decatur Fishing Club, Decatur IL., Photo File: Associations, South Side Country Club

Photo of People With Hay Wagons, Mules and Horses

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Photograph of making hay at the home of Grandma Emma. Carmi, Louie and Ma Emma standing by mules. The family horse "old Maud" hitched to "top buggy". Photo taken 1905 in Cisco, IL. About 3 miles north of Cisco, IL.

Tags: 1905, biography, Carmi, Cisco IL., farming, Grandma Emma, Hay Making, Louie, Mules, Photo File: Biography