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League of Women Voters - Project - Urban Renewal - 1957 to 1965

LWV931Projects-Urban Renewal (1965)23.pdf

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

Tags: 1957, Air Service, Amusements and Recreation, Association of commerce of Decatur Illinois, Banks, brochure, Bus Service, Business indicators for Decatur, Capital expenditures 1955 to 1969, Census facts, Churches, climate, Communications, Cultural activities, Decatur's future, Economic developments, education, Electrical Power, Family income, Farm data, Federal reserve report, Financial institutions, Gas, government, Highways state and federal, Historical, Hospitals, Hotels and Motels, Housing, League of Women Voters, Location, Market data, Motor freight service, natural resources, Newspapers, parks, population, projects, Radio and Television, Railroads, Recreation, Religions cultural and social, Retail trade area, Retailers occupation tax, Sewers, Social Welfare, Soil and crops, State and federal offices, Streets and highways, Taxation, Telephone and telegraph, Transportation, Urban renewal, Urban renewal workshop fact sheet, Utilities, Water

League of Women Voters - Projects - Township Government Part 2 - 1956 to 1958

LWV929Projects-Township Government (Part 2)22.pdf

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

Tags: 1957, City township study correspondence, correspondence, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Gov Stratton correspondence on townships, John Alsup correspondence, League of Women Voters, Lindsay Schaub Newspapers correspondence, newspaper articles, Possible change in township organization in Macon County and the formation of a new city of Decatur township, projects, Public Works and Buildings, Questionnaire on Township of City of Decatur, Rick Meyer, Tax levy information for roads and streets for Decatur and township, Township Government

Photos of Tolly's Market on Route 48, N. Oakland Ave., Decatur, IL.

Photograph of Tolly's Market 1355 N. State Rt. 48 (Oakland Ave.) parking lot. Aerial photograph of Tolly's Market. Photograph of Tolly's Bulletin Board. Photograph of a couple shopping at Tolly's Market. Photograph of Tolly's Baseball Team.

Tags: 1956, 1957, 1961, Aerial View, Baseball Team, BS2364, BS2365, BS2366, BS2367, BS2368, Bulletin Board, Business, Groceries, Grocery, Oakland Ave., Parking Lot, Rt. 48 & Grand Ave., Shoppers, Tolly's Market

Photo of Decatur Cocktail Lounge Building.

BS1043-decatur cocktail lounge 1957123.jpg

Photograph of the Decatur Cocktail Lounge and Liquor Store located at 545 N. Water Street.

Tags: 1957, 545 N. Water St., BS1043, Business, Decatur Cocktail Lounge, Decatur IL., Entertainment, Kopy Kats, Liquor Store

Photos of the Decatur Bottling Company.

BS703-Decatur Bottling Co_Cantrell St_No Date_275.jpg

Photographs of the Decatur Bottling Company located on the corner of Cantrell and Broadway (now MLK) streets. Photos of the building, bottling, manufacturing and packaged for distribution.

Tags: 1953, 1954, 1957, 1971, Bottling, BS1031, BS1032, BS1033, BS1034, BS1035, BS1036, BS1037, BS1038, BS1039, BS1040, BS2515, BS703, building, Business, Corner Cantrell & Broadway, Decatur Bottling Co., employees, Manufacturing