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Buel T. Davis
Photograph of Buel T. Davis. He was a resident of Decatur from 1909 to 1916, when he left for Champaign to represent the Waterbury interest in community development work in Florida. Davis started the Better Life Movement here in 1910. When he…
Budd Florey
Photograph of Budd Florey (d. 7/25/1916). Florey was a tinner by trade, and a member of Greer and Florey, who had a tin shop on N. Main St. next to the Arcade Hotel. The shop was destroyed in the Decatur Hotel and Arcade hotel fire, and the firm…
Brush College School #1
Photograph of students standing in front of Brush College School #1 with automobiles in front.
Brush College Rd. Subway, Looking North.
This is the glass negative of the subway on Brush College Rd. The photo is looking north up Brush College Rd. The photo was taken by Pfile's Camera Shop for the Decatur Herald & Review in Decatur, IL around 1930.
Brig and Mrs. McClellan of the Salvation Army
Negative of Brig and Mrs. McClellan sitting at a table in their Salvation Army uniforms in 1943.
Bridges over Decatur Lake, Decatur, IL.
Photograph of bridges; railroad and vehicle, taken Aug 1950 by W. M. Bishop of Decatur, IL.