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Photographs from the American Hominy Company Fire

Photographs from the fire at the American Hominy Company formerly the Suffern & Hunt Mill, located at N. Union and the Wabash R.R. The fire started in the third story at 12:45 in the morning on November 27, 1913. Fire Chief Devore ordered out the…

Tags: 1913, American Hominy Co, American Hominy Company, Bell Hardy, Bess, Chief Devore, Decatur IL, Devore, fire, Hardy, mill, N Union, Photo File: Fires, Roscoe Bess, Suffern & Hunt, Suffern-Hunt Mill, Wabash

Hominy Grits for European Child Relief

Photograph of stacked bags of hominy grits on their way to the European front. The grits were made from maize (corn), and were shipped over by the American Hominy Company in Indianapolis, Indiana. c. 1917

Tags: American Hominy Company, European Child Relief, hominy grits, World War I, WWI

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Herman, Lucille, and an Unknown Couple

Photograph of Swede and Lucille Besalke with an unknown couple in front of a church in July 1955.

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