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Photographs of the Racetrack
The first photo was taken August 23rd, 1898 at the George A. Keller racetrack located just north of Garfield Ave. and between the I.T.S. tracks and the Illinois Central R.R. tracks. The track was closed in 1908 when local option hit Decatur and…
Tags: 1898, Biflex Co., Comet Automobile Co., Decatur IL, French, Garfield Ave., George A. Keller, George Keller, horses, Houdaille-Hershey Corp., I.T.S., Illinois Central R.R., J.K. Stafford, Jack French, Keller, L.P. Halladay Co., Oakes Products Co., Photo File: Recreation, race, Racetrack, racing, Recreation, Stafford
Photographs of the Millikin University Football Team
Photographs of the Millikin University football team during a game, at least one taken on October 3rd, 1908, the other two are undated. The photograph dated October 3rd was played against Normal with a score of Millikin-8 and Normal-2.
Photographs of Scenes at the Wabash R.R. Station
Photographs taken by J.K. Stafford of various scenes of steam locomotives at the Wabash R.R. station taken in the late 1890's and early 1900's.
Tags: 1890's, 1900's, French, J.K. Stafford, Jack French, Locomotive, Locomotives, Photo File: Railroads, railroad, Railroads, scene, Stafford, Station, Steam, Steam Engines, train, Trains, Wabash, Wabash R.R.
Photographs of Hunters
Photographs of hunting parties taken in 1898 and 1954.
Photographs from Lincoln Square
Photographs of various businesses and people from Lincoln Square.
Photograph of the YMCA Truss
Photograph of the YMCA truss taken in 1908.
Photograph of the Parlor of Mr. and Mrs. Stafford
Photograph of the parlor room in Mr. and Mrs. Stafford home located at 888 W. North St. This is similar to what parlors looked like around the year 1908. The heavy drapery was popular in its day, but one unusual thing about this room is the planter…
Tags: 1908, 888 W. North St, Chandelier, Decatur IL, French, house, J.K. Stafford, Jack French, North St, parlor, Photo File: Houses, room, Stafford
Photograph of the Illinois Central R. R. Ticket Office
Photograph of the Illinois Central R. R. ticket office located at 121 E. William Street. It was also the office for the old P.D.&E. R. R. This photo was taken October 26, 1898 during the first Corn Carnival in Decatur.
Photograph of the Corner of Jackson and Eldorado
Photograph of the house at the 400 block of E. Eldorado at the corner of Jackson St. It was built by George Haworth in 1881-1882. Haworth sold the property to Moses Stafford who sold it to St. Patrick's Catholic Church in 1891 to be used for a parish…
Photograph of Millikin University Track
Photograph of Millikin University track taken in 1909.