Browse Items · Decatur Public Library Local History Photo Collection

Photograph of O.F. Barclay & F.E. Downey at Oglesby School

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Photograph of O.F. Barclay & F.W. Downey at Oglesby School showing off toys.

Tags: 1956, Barclay, Decatur IL, Downey, F.E. Downey, O.F. Barclay, Oglesby, Oglesby School, Photo File: Schools, school, Schools, Toys

Photograph of Boy Flying a Kite

Photograph of a young boy flying a kite taken March 10, 1956.

Tags: 1956, boy, Decatur IL, Herald and Review, Kite, Kite-Flying, Kites, Miscellaneous, outdoors, Recreation

Photograph of Child Flying Kite

Photograph of a child flying a kite taken March 10th, 1956.

Tags: 1956, child, Decatur IL, Kite, Kite Flying, Kites, Leisure, Outside, Photo File: Recreation, Recreation

Photograph of the Wabash R.R. Locomotive #1009

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Photograph of the Wabash R.R. EMD Model E-8A diesel locomotive #1009 in a blue paint scheme. The man in the photograph is John Day and this picture was taken in 1956 in Decatur IL.

Tags: 1009, 1956, Day, Decatur IL, Diesel, EMD, Herald and Review, John Day, Locomotive, Locomotives, Model E-8A, Photo File: Railroads, railroad, Railroads, train, Trains, Wabash, Wabash R.R.

Photograph of Blanche Zimmerman

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Photograph of Blanch Zimmerman charged with being criminally and sexually psychopathic in 1956.

Tags: 1956, Blanche Zimmerman, Crime, Criminal, Photo File: Crime, Psychopath, Zimmerman

Photos of Christ United Methodist Church Building and Groundbreaking.

Photograph of the groundbreaking for the new Christ United Methodist church. Photograph of the original building of Christ United Methodist Church, located at 1503 N. Summit Street, Decatur, IL.

Tags: 1503 N. Summit St., 1956, 1957, building, Christ United Methodist, Churches, Decatur IL., Ground Breaking, Methodist, Photo File: Churches