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Colored Post card to Dottie Sargeant from Henry Hibbs - 1917

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This is a colored post card sent by Henry Hibbs to Dottie Sargeant from Petersburg FL dated September 27, 1917. Dottie Sargeant lived at 857 E. Lincoln St, Decatur IL. It has a couple on the front of the card under a tree holding hands. There are…

Various Class Photographs from Oglesby School

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Various Class Photographs from Oglesby School taken on February 26th, 1931.

Photograph of Max Sadowski

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Photograph of Max Sadowski; died January 18, 1924. Member of the Decatur Fire Department at Station No. 2 when he was drafted in 1917 for World War I.

Photo of Officers of the James Millikin University Battalion standing at attention in front of the Liberal Arts Hall building

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Herald and Review Library: Photo of Officers of the James Millikin University Battalion standing in front of the Liberal Arts Hall Building. For more information see "James Millikin University."

Photograph of Christian Adolph Klein

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Photograph of Christian Adolph Klein. Originally from Germany, he came to Millikin University to finish his education and had charge of extension courses in Commercial German and German business forms.

Patriotic Food Show Herald Booth

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WWI - Herald booth at the Patriotic Food Show. See Food

Raising the Flag at Skugiva Grocery

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Photograph of the raising of the flag at Skugiva Grocery at 1501 E. Marietta St., Decatur, IL c. 1917. Wording at the top of the photograph states topic of the photo and where the photo can be found in the book.

Asbestos Abatements, Bids, Cost of Construction, and Map - August, September, and October 2009

These are letters from Blank, Wessalink, Cook and Associates describing the asbestos abatements, cost of construction, maps and cost of bids for the Library Annex in May of 2009