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Postcard to William Hibbs - November 8, 1918 - English Port - from Henry and Johnny

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This is a postcard to William Hibbs from Henry and Johnny Hibbs letting William know that they have arrived in England. The postcard is from the American Red Cross. It is dated November 8, 1918

Postcard from Henry Hibbs to William Hibbs - 1st anti aircraft battery - Fort Hunt VA - July 29, 1918

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This is a post card from Henry Hibbs to William Hibbs in Athens IL on July 29, 1918. It was written as Henry moved across the river to Fort Hunt, VA. Henry was in the 1st anti aircraft battery at Fort Hunt Virginia. The front of the post card is a…

Postcard from Henry Hibbs to Williams Hibbs - January 22, 1918 - La Chateau et l'Avant-Port de Guerre

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This is a postcard from Henry Hibbs to William Hibbs letting William know they left Brest on the 8th of January and arrived in New York on the 22,d of January. There is a picture of the Brest port on the front of the postcard with ships, a fort, and…

Girls Junior High Basketball Team - 1918

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This is the glass negative of the girls Junior High basketball team. The photo was taken by Charles Wasson of Wasson Studios in Decatur, IL in 1918.

Two Men With an Old Airplane

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Negative of a photograph of two men with an old airplane in a field near some houses in 1918.

Moody Brothers

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Photograph of the tree Moody brothers standing by their airplance, Big-B.

Photographs from the Whitmer Heating Plant Fire

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Photographs from the January 31, 1918 Whitmer Heating Plant fire. This heating plant was located in a basement behind the Brunswick Hotel, at the northwest corner of Water and Wood, and at the rear of the Leon & Morris store. The plant was started by…

Photos of Newspaper Carriers in 1913, 1915, 1918, and 1922.

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Photographs of Review Carriers--1918; Front row, left to right: Arnold Moore, Arthur Moffett, Herman Knifka, and Ernest Knifka. Top Row: Glen Moran, Fred Corcoran, Edward Ade, Bert Flaugher, and Francis Heisler. Photo ran Review April 23, 1918. Photo…

J. B. McMillin

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Photograph of J. B. McMillin. He was appointed general assistant to the commercial superintendent of the Central Union Telephone Co. in 1918 and moved to Springfield. He became manager of the Decatur exchange of the company in 1903.

Russell Rainey and Ruth Six

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Photograph of Russell Rainey and Ruth Six in a field in 1918.