Browse Items · Decatur Public Library Local History Photo Collection

Building on S. Franklin St.

Photograph of the building that houses A. J. Dunston Blacksmith Shop and the Hitching Post, located on 136 S. Franklin St.. Print from glass negatives found in a Decatur attic Feb. 1956.

Tags: 136 S. Franklin St., A. J. Dunston & Son, A. J. Dunston Blacksmith, Buildings, Decatur IL., Herald and Review, Hitching Post, Photo File: Buildings

Building N. Main and W. William Streets

Photograph of building on the corner of N. Main St. and W. William St.

Tags: building, Decatur IL., grocery store, Herald and Review, Macon County IL., N. Main & W. William, Photo File: Buildings, Printing Co.

Building a Road

Roads--Machinery 1912 - Photo ran in the Review May 3, 1912.

Tags: 1912, 5/3/1912, Demonstration, Herald and Review, Machinery, Macon County, Men, Road Building, Roads

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…

Tags: 1912, Better Life Movement, biography, Buel T. Davis, Decatur Herald and Review, Decatur IL, Photo File: Biography, Vandeventer

Budget Worksheet 1978/1979 - December 31, 1977

This is the budget worksheet for fiscal 1978/1979 from the City of Decatur.

Tags: 1977, board of directors, Board of Trustees, budget, City of Decatur, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, December 1977, fiscal 1978/1979, library administration, worksheet

Budget Letter - February 22, 1978

This is the letter from the Board that accompanied the budget for fiscal 1978/1979.

Tags: 1978, board of directors, Board of Trustees, budget, City Council, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, February 1978, Finance Committee, fiscal 1978/1979, letter, Mayor

Budget Forms for Fiscal Year 1968-1969

Board of Directors, Decatur Public Library Fiscal Year 1968-1969 Report to Decatur City Council, on March 4, 1968.

Tags: board of directors, Board of Trustees, Budget. 1968, Decatur IL., Decatur Public Library, Expenditues, Expenses, Fiscal Year 1968-69, Mar 4 1968, Robert Broom, salaries, William L. Olsen

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…

Tags: 500 E. Marietta St., Arcade Hotel, biography, Budd Florey, Decatur Herald and Review, Decatur IL, Decatur lodges, East End Gallery, Greer and Florey, N. Main St., Photo File: Biography, tinner, Wabash Railroad