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Photo of The Hickory Pit Restaurant, owners Eddie and Grace Copeland.

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Photograph of the Hickory Pit Restaurant owners Eddie and Grace Copeland and two other women. The restaurant was located at Cleveland and Franklin streets.

Tags: 1953, BBQ, BS2358, Business, Cleveland & Franklin Sts., Decatur IL., Eddie & Grace Copeland, Restaurant, The Hickory Pit

Photos of the Tenney Garage Building

Photograph of the Tenney Garage, Pontiac dealership located on N. Broadway, Decatur, IL. St. Peter's Catholic church in the background.

Tags: 1930's, 1953, BS2355, BS2356, Business, Decatur IL., N. Broadway, Pontiac Dealership, St. Peter's Catholic Church, Tenney Garage

Aerial Photos of A. E. Staley Manufacturing Plant

Aerial Photographs of the A. E. Staley Manufacturing Plant.

Tags: 1937, 1939, 1948, 1951, 1953, 1954, A. E. Staley, Agriculture, BS2187, BS2188, BS2189, BS2190, BS2191, BS2192, BS2193, BS2194, Business, Decatur IL., Grain., Manufacturing, Milling

Photos of the St. Nicolas Hotel Building.

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Aerial photograph of the St. Nicholas Hotel. Photographs of the St. Nicholas Hotel different time periods.

Tags: 1910, 1953, BS2162, BS2165, BS2166, BS2167, BS2169, building, Business, Food, hotel, Lincoln Square, Lodging, Restaurant, St. Nicholas

Illinois Central Railroad Track Map - Green St (27th St.) to Brush College Rd. (10/26/1953)

This is a map of the Illinois Central Railroad tracks between Green St. (27th St.) and Brush College Rd.

Tags: #8.003, 10/26/1953, 1953, 27th St., Brush College Rd., collection, Decatur IL, Green St., ICRR, Illinois Central Railroad, ISHRAB, ISHRAB-2017-25-49, Kile St., map, Maps, Office of Assistant to Division Engineer, Railroad Map Collection, Streets, Tracks

Illinois Central Railroad Station Plat Map- Greenwood Cemetery to Wood St. (1953)

This is a station plat map of the Illinois Central Railroad tracks from Greenwood Cemetery to Wood St.

Tags: . Water St., #8.003, 1953, A.O. Bolen's Resurvey, additions, Assessors sub of lot 8, Broadway St., businesses, Cantrell St., Christy Construction Co., Clement C. Walter's 3rd Addition, collection, Decatur IL, Decatur Soy Products Co., Decatur St., Deep Rock Oil Corp., E. Sherman St., E.D. Wood's Addition, E.E. Lily & Son, Frank Shull, Gates and Johnson Co., Gault St., Gault's 2nd Addition, Gault's Addition, Greenwood Cemetery, I.F. Pharo's sub lot, ICRR, Illinois Central Railroad, Industry Court, ISHRAB-2017-25-54, J.K. Warren's South Addition, J.N. Bill's 2nd Addition, J.N. Bill's Addition, Jackson St., Macon County Coal Company, Macon St., map, Maps, Moorehouse and Wells, Oglesby & Watt's Addition, Ornamental Iron Works, Railroad Map Collection, Riverview Park Addition, S. Franklin St., S. Water St., Sinclair Oil and Refining Co., station plat map, Streets, Tracks, US Manufacturing Co., US Mfg. Co., Wood St.

Tags: #8.003, 16th St., 1953, 22nd St., 23rd St., 24th St., 27th St., 29th St., 31st St., 32nd St., 33rd St., 34th St., 6/18/1953, A.E. Staley Manufacturing Co., addition, Arch St. Illinois St., B&O RR, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Base Line Rd., Black & Co., Board of Education, Bradford St., Broadway St., Calhoun St., car shop, Central Ave., Cerro Gordo St., Chambers Bering & Quinlan Co., Charles St., Church St., Clayton St., Clement C. Walters 2nd Fairland Addition, Clement C. Walters Fairland Addition, coach painting shop, coach shop, collection, Condit St., Cottage Hill Ave., Decatur Fans Association, Decatur Foundry Co., Decatur IL, Division St., Dodson's 2nd Addition, Donovan Heights 1st, Dunham St., E. Eldorado St., E. Main St., E. North St., E. Prairie St., E. William St., E. Wood St., East Ave., Economy Homes Addition, Fairview Ave., Folk St., Franklin St., Geddes Ave., Grand Ave., Hickory St., ICRR, Illinois Central Railroad, Illinois State Highway Department, Illinois Traction System, ISHRAB-2017-25-120, ITS, Jackson St., Jasper St., Jordan St., Leafland Ave., Lewis Shaw, locomotive shop, Locust St., Logan St., Lowber St., machine shop, Mammon's Addition, map, Maps, Mason St., McClelland Ave., mill & tin shop, Mississippi Valley Structural Steel Co., Morgan St., N. Clinton St., N. College St., N. Edward St., N. Main St., N. Mercer St., N. Monroe St., N. Pine St., Northeast Land Improvement Company, Oakland Ave., Oakland Ct., Office of Chief Engineer, Olive St., Orchard St., Park Dr., Pearl St., Planing Mill, Powers 1st Addition, Powers 3rd Addition, Powers 4th Addition, Powers 5th Addition, Powers 7th Addition, Powers 8th Addition, Powers 9th Addition, Raceland Plat "D" in Plat "A", railroad, Railroad Map Collection, reclamation plant, right of way, right of way and track map, Sangamon River, Sangamon St., St. Johns Lutheran Evangelical Church, State St., Stone St., store house, Sunset Ave., Sycamore Ave., Track, University Ave., Van Dyke St., W. Decatur St., W. Eldorado St., W. Forest Ave., W. Green St., W. King St., W. Macon St., W. Main St., W. Marietta St., W. North St., W. Prairie Ave., W. William St., W. Wood St., Wabash, Wabash Hospital, Wabash Railroad, Wabash Railway, Wabash RR, Wabash yards, Waggoner St., Walnut St., Water St., Willow Ave., Witt St., Woodford St., Yards

Wabash Railroad Right of Way and Track Map - 27th St. Through Lake Decatur (7/1/1953)

This right of way and track map shows the Wabash Railway tracks going east from 27th St. over Lake Decatur.

Tags: #8.003, 1953, 24th St., 25th St., 26th St., 27th St., 29th St., 31st St., 32nd St., 33rd St., 34th St., 35th St., 7/1/1953, A.E. Staley Manufacturing Co., additions, businesses, Camp and Emrich Addition of outlots, Camp and Emrich's 2nd Addition of outlots, collection, Decatur IL, Donovan Heights Addition, E. Division St., E. Grand Ave., E. Hickory St., E. Locust St., E. Logan St., E. Olive St., Faries Parkway, Fern Ct., Garden Place, Garfield Ave., Geddes Ave., Hillcrest Dr., Homewood Ave., ISHRAB-2017-25-93, James St., Lake Decatur, Lakewood Ave., map, Maps, Office of Chief Engineer, public road, Raceland Plat "C" in Plat "C", Raceland Plat "D" in Plat "A", Railroad Map Collection, right of way, right of way and track map, Samuels St., Spencer-Kellogg & Son Co., State Route 47, Streets, Track, track map, Tracks, Wabash Railroad, Wabash Railway, Wabash RR, Wabash yards, West Lake Addition outlots, Yards

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