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Photo of Sewer along Cantrell Street, Decatur, IL.
Photograph of Sewers along Cantrell Street, Decatur, IL. Photograph of the collapsed section of sewer along Cantrell Street east of Franklin. Photographs of Cantrell and Broadway Streets.
Photos of the Labor Day Parade
Photograph of float at the Labor Parade, 1946. Photograph of Marching Band Labor Day Parade, 1940. Photograph of Horse Show, Labor Day, 9/3/1946.
Photograph from Ezra Townsend Murder/Suicide
Photograph of Amy Townsend after she was shot by Ezra Townsend from the crime scene of the Townsend murder/suicide of 1940.
Photograph from Ezra Townsend Murder/Suicide
Photograph of Ezra Townsend from the crime scene of the murder/suicide of Ezra Townsend and Amy Townsend.
Photograph of the Townsend Home
Photograph of the Townsend home after the 1940 murder/suicide of Ezra Townsend and Amy Townsend.
Photo of New City Jail
Photograph of three men inside a jail cell at the new city jail. Photo taken 12/27/1940.
Mrs. A.P. Cobb (Marilla M.)
Photograph of Mrs. A.P. Cobb (Marilla M.) (b. 1855, d. 12/18/1944), wife of Rev. A.P. Cobb (Cobb Ave. was named after). She was a school teacher in Decatur for many years, and wrote many papers on the early life in Macon County. Mrs. Cobb was also…
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Personnel Policy and Public Relations committee meeting - October 1982
These are the minutes of the Decatur Public Library Personnel and Policy committee in October 1982. Items discussed and acted upon are RPL employee…