Browse Items · Decatur Public Library Local History Photo Collection

Photo of People With Hay Wagons, Mules and Horses

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

Photo of Staley Bears Football Team

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 Men on Motorcycles

Photograph of a group of men on motorcycles.

Tags: 1910, automobiles, Decatur IL., Early Transportation, Motorcycles, Motorized Bikes, Photo File: Automobiles, Transportation

Photo Of Early Automobile Race

Photograph of two automobiles racing in 1910.

Tags: 1910, automobiles, Decatur IL., Photo File: Automobiles, race, racing

Photo of Hershey-Houdaille Garfield Plant Aerial View

Photograph --Aerial View of the Hershey-Houdaille Garfield Plant, part of the Manhattan Project, 8/24/1945.

Tags: 1945, BS159, Buildings, Business, Decatur IL., Factory, Garfield Plant, Hershey-Houdaille, Manhattan Project, Manufacturing, Photo File: Business

Photo of the Ice Barn Located on the Sangamon River

Photograph of David A. "Doc" Maffit --Ice Barn--1888; located on the Sangamon river. Maffit in horse and buggy on left, with lots of horses and wagons.

Tags: 1888, BS160, Buildings, Business, David Maffit, Doc Maffit, horses, Ice Barn, Photo File: Business, Sangamon River, Wagons