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Workers Strike at Archer Daniel Midland Co. 10/16/1981.
Photograph of Workers Striking at Archer Daniel Midland Co. Oct. 16, 1981.
Woodrow Wilson 8th Grade Group Photos taken Spring 1954.
Group Photographs of 8th Grade students at Woodrow Wilson Jr. High take in Spring 1954.
Window Display, 5th Liberty Loan, at William Gushard Dry Goods and Co. c. 1918
WWI - 5th Liberty Loan Window Display at William Gushard Dry Goods & Co. Store,
William Seeforth
Photograph of William Seeforth. He was hired by Oscar Mueller in 1895 and stayed there until he retired in 1944. He was the first to use a shovel for breaking the ground for the new plant. He worked in the blacksmith shop there. Photo by Wasson of…
William Niedermeyer
Photograph of William Niedermeyer; (died 9/25/1914). Decatur grocer for many years. He conducted his grocery store in the rear of his home at 646 W. North from about 1893 until he sold out in 1913. He was prominent in Macon Co. Old Settlers' Ass'n…
William Lincoln Shellabarger
Photograph of William Lincoln Shellabarger; (died 2/3/1920) Secretary and Manager for American Hominy Co. until 1904, resigning to take over Shellabarger Elevator Co. Established line of mills and elevators in Central Illinois. 32nd Degree Mason,…
William Lincoln Shellabarger
Photograph of William Lincoln Shellabarger; died 2/3/1920. He was secretary and manager for the plant for the American Hominy Co. until 19804 when he resigned to attend to the business of the Shellabarger Elevator Co. The Hominy Plant was owned by…
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Photograph of Carl Sandburg
Photograph of Carl Sandburg who visited Decatur, IL. in February of 1927.