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Decatur Municipal Band Playing at the Band Stand in Central Park
Photograph of the Decatur Municipal Band playing in Central Park at the band stand. The Decatur Municipal Band is the old Goodman Band.
Photos of NWRAPS donation to the library in 1997.
Photograph of NWRAPS donation to the Local History Room, pictured: Claudia Williams, Joyce Weedon, Dayle Irwin. Pictured holding check Bev Hackney and Dayle Irwin. Photo of presentation by NWRAPS in Central Park, pictured: Claudia Williams, Joyce…
Photographs of the National Library Week Program in Central Park
Photographs of the National Library Week program in Central Park hosted by the Decatur Public Library.
Central Park - Sleet Storm 3/20/1912
These photos show Central Park after a sleet storm on March 20, 1912. The photos were taken by George Baker of Decatur, IL, and used in the Decatur Herald or Daily Review.
Photographs of Lincoln Square and Transfer House in 1996
Photographs of Lincoln Square, the Transfer House's former location and a photograph of the Transfer House as it sits now in Central Park taken in 1996.
Drawings of the Wigwam
Drawings of a recreation of the Wigwam tent set up on S. Park St. across from Central Park where Abraham Lincoln was nominated for president on May 9-10, 1860.
Photographs from the Morehouse & Wells Fire
Several photographs from the August 22, 1909 Morehouse & Wells fire that took out nearly a block of downtown Decatur businesses. The fire started in the Morehouse & Wells building on East Main and destroyed half the block bounded by Merchant,…
Photograph of Farmer's Market 1911
Public market of 1911-1913. Decatur housewives used to go to the east side of Central Park for direct-from-the-farm produce. This picture was taken in November of 1911 and not an auto truck in sight.
Photographs from the Transfer House Centennial Celebration
Photographs taken from the June 22, 1996 Transfer House Centennial Celebration in Central Park. Steve Craven directs a special section of the Decatur Municipal Band.
Photograph of 'Ten Gallon Lil' at the Waterworks
Photograph of 'Ten Gallon Lil' after she was moved from Central Park to the Waterworks around 1930. The fountain itself dates back to 1876.
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James Millikin Homestead Gazette
Jun 2008, Vol. XXXII-2
This is a collection of materials from the James Millikin Homestead