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WRC No. 4 Float in the GAR 50th Anniversary Parade

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Negative of the WRC No. 4 float in the Grand Army of the Republic's 50th anniversary parade in Decatur, IL in 1937.

Tags: 1937, 50th anniversary, associations, Decatur Herald and Review, Decatur IL, GAR, Grand Army of the Republic, negative, Parade, Photo File: Associations, WRC No. 4

Photos of Smoke Stack and Employees Working in a Foundry.

Photographs of Smoke Stack for an unknown foundry and employees in an unknown foundry.

Tags: 1937, BS1468, BS1469, Business, Castings, Decatur IL., employees, Foundries, Foundry, Manufacturing, Smoke Stack, Workers

Photos of Coal Companies.

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Photo: BS78 of Macon County Coal Mine. Photo BS80, mines' homes were bombed during the violence of November 1932. (Decatur Business pg 59). Photo: BS81 miners meet at Nelson Park in September 1932 (Decatur Business pg 59). Photo BS82 gathering coal…

Photographs of the Wabash Railway Freight Station and Water Tanks

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Photographs of the Wabash Railway Freight Station and water tanks near the Illinois Central crossing in Decatur IL, taken in 1936 and then in 1937 after a new additional water tank was constructed.

Tags: 1936, 1937, Buildings, Decatur IL, Freight Station, Illinois Central Crossing, Photo File: Railroads, railroad, Railroads, Railway Freight Station, Station, Towers, Wabash, Wabash R.R., Water Towers

Photographs of the Wabash R.R. Concrete Coaling Tower During and After Construction

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Photographs of the Wabash R.R. concrete coaling tower during and after construction taken in the fall of 1937. This tower is located at Jasper St. in Decatur IL.

Tags: 1937, Buildings, Coal, Coaling Tower, Concrete Coaling Tower, Decatur IL, Herald and Review, Jasper St., Photo File: Railroads, railroad, Railroads, Tower, Wabash, Wabash R.R.

Photographs of John D. "Jack" Duffey

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Photographs of John D. "Jack" Duffey; died March 23, 1937. Veteran Decatur Fireman. He served nearly 35 years on the Fire Department. He left the Fire Department about 1912 and for about 12 years was head of Mueller's Fire Department. Later he served…

Tags: 1937, biography, Decatur IL, Duffy, fire, Fire Department, Firemen, Jack Duffey, John D. Duffey, John Duffy, Mueller, Mueller's Fire Department, Photo File: Fire Department, Police, police department, Vandeventer, Volunteer