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YWCA Evening Gym Class
Negative of the YWCA evening gym class. Top row (left-right): Maud Taggart, Nell Wright, Edna Jones, Lulu Semmel. Second row (left-right): Winifred Carmany, Beulah Potts, Nellie Nolan, Fern Boland, Grace Wells. Third row (left-right): Marie Nolan,…
YWCA Basketball Team 1910
Photograph of the Topsys basketball team from the YWCA in 1910. From top down: Mary Leech, Mae Cannard, Rose Ruckle, Irene Chandler, Ruth Stephens, Flora Ellis, Edna Cromer. The photo ran in the Decatur Daily Review on May 15, 1910.
YMCA Basktball Team
Photograph of the 1910 YMCA Basketball champion team. Top Row (left-right) Bert Chance, Carl Wise, Raymond Judy, Will Ott, W.H. Duerr. Bottom row (left-row): Elmer Glan, Terry Mahan, Robert Thrift, Ralph Tenney. The photo ran in the Review on…
The Chanticleers - YWCA Basketball Team 1910
Negative of the Chanticleers, a 1910 YWCA basketball team. Left to right: Pearl Kruse, Frances Dutch, Inez Ruckle, Edna Cromer, Edith Cope, Nita Hannum, Gertrude Mallory. The photo ran in Decatur Daily Review on May 15, 1910.
Samuel McRoberts Family Reunion - 1910
Photograph of the Samuel McRoberts Family Reunion, taken in 1910, ran in the Decatur Review, 8/25/1910. Standing left to right: Frank Kinhart, Mrs. E. J. Brewster, J. S. McRobers, J. W. Bradfield, John R. McRoberts, Mrs. Elmer Brewster. Sitting: Miss…
Roy Bendure
Photograph of Roy Bendure (d. 7/23/1932), former chief of police in Decatur. He was appointed chief of police in 1909, and discharged by Mayor Borchers in 1910. He worked as a private detective, and a special agent for the Illinois Traction System.…
Robert I. Hunt
Photograph of Robert I. Hunt (d. 1/9/1937). He moved to Decatur in 1892, and married Ann Packard, daughter of Silas Packard. He was prominent in state and local politics. He helped organize and build the Suffern-Hunt Mill and the Polar Ice and…
Roads--Macon County --Sampe Road 1910
Roads--"Macon County--Sampe Road--1910. Part of Sampe Road, made by Highway commissioner Palmer of Hickory Point, running east from Bloomington Road, a mile north of the race track. Road drag used regularly. Best road in county. Photo by E.T.C.,…
Photos of W. Decatur Street during 1910 and 1911.
Photograph of W. Decatur Street near Fairview Ave. "Very little mechanical equipment was in use in 1911 when West Decatur Street near Fairview Avenue was paved with brick. Decatur's first hard-surface street was laid in 1884 when brick with sand…
Photos of Townsend Bros. Carriage Shop
Photograph of Townsend Bros. Carriage Shop, dated 1910. Located at 301-311 E. Main St. Photo ran in the Review 11/27/1910. Photograph of Townsend Bros. Carriage Shop, dated 1900, 140 E. Cerro Gordo St. Photo ran in the Rev. 11/27/1910.
