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Photos of N. Main St., Decatur, IL.

Photograph 300 Block N. Main , south of the Review Building. Photograph 300 Block paving by Review Building. Photograph 300 Block during the winter. Photograph 400 Block N. Main circus parade. Photograph 500 Block N. Main looking south from Cerro…

League of Women Voters - Projects - Judicial Reform - 1955

This is a historical account of the League of Women Voters of Macon County in Decatur

Tags: 1953 proposal, 1955, 1955 proposal, appellate court, Arguments for and against the judicial amendment, blue ballot, brochures, Changes needed, Circuit courts, Civic and political support, Committee for modern courts, Committee for modern courts news letter, Consolidation of trial courts in each circuit, Continuing need for judicial reform in Illinois, Court reform, Downstate point of view, Efforts to secure reform, Election of judges in 1955, Fact book for the blue ballot judicial amendment, Government of Illinois judicial branch, Illinois courts of 1955, Judicial department, Judicial questionnaire, judicial reform, League of Women Voters, Legislative documents dealing with the proposed constitutional amendments, Need for an amendment, New Jersey experience, newspaper articles, Opportunities for better judicial administration in Illinois under the new judicial article amendment when ratified, Other provisions, Outline of the amendment, projects, Proposed amendment to the judicial article, Proposed Judicial Article, Publicity committee report, Questions and answers about the proposed judicial amendment, Referendum of method of selection of judges, Rule making and administration, Sample ballot, schedule, Selection and Tenure General, Selection and tenure of judges, Selection of Judges, Specimen ballot, State's Attorneys, Support of bills to obtain nonpartisan selection of judges, Supreme and appellate courts, Supreme Court, Time for Action Correspondence, What experts say

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

Photographs of the A. E. Staley Manufacturing Buildings.

Tags: 1929, 1955, 1969, A. E. Staley Co., BS2205, BS2206, BS2207, BS2208, BS2209, BS2210, BS2211, BS2212, BS2213, BS2214, Buildings, Business, Grain, Manufacturing, Milling, Staley Viaduct. 1949

Aerial Photos of the A. E. Staley Manufacturing Co.

Aerial photographs of the A. E. Staley Manufacturing Co., Decatur, IL.

Tags: 1930, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1978, A. E. Staley, Aerial View, BS2179, BS2180, BS2181, BS2182, BS2183, BS2184, BS2185, BS2186, Buildings, Business, Decatur IL., Manufacturing

Photo of the Pom Pom Cafe.

Photograph of the Pom Pom Cafe located on the corner of Wood and Oakland Streets, Decatur, IL. The Pom Pom Cafe opened in the 1920's and was in business until 1955 when it became Jay's Buffeteria.

Tags: 1920's, 1955, BS2026, Business, Cafe, Confectionary, Jay's Buffeteria, Restaurant, Wood & Oakland

Cincinnati, Indianapolis, & Western RR Right of Way and Track Map - Taylorville Rd to Sangamon River (original 6/30/1918, revised 1/7/1955)

This is a right of way and track map for the Cincinnati, Indianapolis & Western RR. The map shows the track running along Taylorville Road to the Sangamon River. The Cincinnati, Indianapolis, & Western RR was operated by the Baltimore & Ohio…

Illinois Central Railroad Station Plat Map - Decatur St. to Cerro Gordo St. (9/11/195?, revised 11/30/1955)

This map shows the Illinois Central Railroad tracks from Decatur St. to Cerro Gordo St. The map shows the industries, additions, and streets between Decatur St. and Cerro Gordo St.

Tags: #8.003, 11/30/1955, 195?, 1955, 9/11/195?, additions, Allen McReynolds & Co. Addition, Assessors subdivision of lot 8, B.H. Cassell's Addition, Broadway St., businesses, Cerro Gordo St., collection, Decatur Elevator Co., Decatur Grocer Co., Decatur IL, Decatur St., Deep Rock Oil Corp., E. Main St., E.E. Lily & Son, Eldorado St., Frank Shull, Front St., Gates & Johnson Co., Gault St., Gault's 1st Addition, Gault's 2nd Addition, Hammon Bros. Co., Hilton St., ICRR, ICRR freight house, Illinois Candy Co., Illinois Central Railroad, Illinois Power Co., Indiana Oxygen Co., Industry Court, ISHRAB, ISHRAB-2017-25-33, J.K. Warren's South Addition, J.N. Bill's 2nd Addition, Jackson St., Kraft Hotel, Macon St., map, Maps, Maryland St., Moorehouse and Wells Co., Morgan St., North St., Office of Assistant to Division Engineer, Ornamental Iron Works, Phillips Coal Co., Prairie Ave., Railroad Map Collection, Rath Packing Co., revised, S. Franklin St., Short St., Sinclair Oil and Refining Co., station plat map, Streets, The Grigolet Company, Union Iron Works, US Manufacturing Co., W.L. Oakes Machinery Company, Wabash, Wabash Railroad, Wabash Railway, Wabash RR, Washington St., Water St., Wides Oil Co., William St.

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