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Photos of Downtown Decatur taken from rooftops.
Photographs of Downtown Decatur taken from rooftops, looking Northeast from Prairie and Main Streets.
Photograph of the Vandalia Line from Transfer House East to Broadway
Photograph of the Vandalia line from the transfer house downtown East to Broadway.
Photograph of the North St. Library Model
Photograph of the model for the North St. Library after the Carnegie Library was demolished.
Photographs of the Carnegie Library Demolition in 1972
Photographs of the Carnegie Library Demolition in 1972.
Photograph of 358 N. Main St.
Photograph of 358 N. Main St. This house was one of the last downtown Decatur residences to go in making room for business houses. The house was torn down in 1921. George W. Moeller had bought the house from the Isabelle Stafford estate and on the…
Photograph of the First Transfer House
Photograph of the first transfer house on Lincoln Square erected around 1892.
Photographs from the Decatur Hotel and Arcade building Fire.
Photographs taken from the November 17, 1904 fire that occurred at the Decatur Hotel and Arcade building in downtown Decatur. The fire was discovered in the basement in engine room of the old Wait building, occupied by the hotel and department store,…
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Della Morrison - Man & Woman
This is the glass negative of a man and a woman, and was taken for Della Morrison. The photo was taken by Charles Wasson of Wasson Studios in…