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Photographs from the Decatur Cereal Mill Fire

Photographs taken from the Decatur Cereal Mill Fire, formerly known as the Suffern-Hunt Mill, which occurred on June 8, 1909. The fire started in the dryers on the sixth floor of the mill, however the cause was a mystery. The fire was discovered by…

Tags: 1909, Corn Mill, Decatur Cereal Co, Decatur Cereal Company, Decatur IL, fire, Hunt, John E Sheehy, John Sheehy, mill, Oran Rice, Photo File: Fires, Rice, Robert Hunt, Sheehy, Suffern, Suffern Hunt Mill, Suffern-Hunt

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C.W. Cozad - Charles, 20 months old

This is the glass negative of C.W. Cozad's 20 month old child named Charles. The photo was taken by Charles Wasson of Wasson Studios in Decatur, IL…

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