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Photo of Faries Grand Theater

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Photograph of Faries Grand Theater, located on 1036 E. Grand Ave., Decatur, IL. 1914

Photo of Dan Higgins Theater on 1234 E. Eldorado St., Decatur, IL.

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Photograph of the Dan Higgins Theater located at 1234 E. Eldorado St. c. 1914.

Photo of Leavenworth Wholesale Grocery Co.

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Photograph of Two Men in Front of Leavenworth Wholesale Grocery Co. "It was at 160 S. Water St. at the time this photo was taken in 1912. In 1914 it moved to the corner of North and N. Main Streets. the men in this photo are W. L. Shellabarger and B.…

Photographs of Downtown Buildings in Decatur, IL.

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Photograph of Lincoln Square Building, West Drug Store and Transfer House Located on Main and Main.

Agora Society at Fairview Park, Spring 1914

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Agora Society Women at the West End of Fairview Park in the Spring of 1914.

Observer Officials

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This is the glass negative of the officials of the Observer newspaper from Decatur High School. The photo was taken by Charles Wasson of Wasson Studios in Decatur IL in 1914.

Photograph of Professor Henry Clay Stanley

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Former professor of Commerce and Finance at Millikin University. In 1917 he was charged with bigamy and sent to the penitentiary at Chester. He was released in 1918 after serving eleven months.

Photograph of the Agora Society

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Photograph of Decatur High School's Agora Society, a literary society, taken in the west end of Fairview Park in the spring of 1914.