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Photo of Elks Club, Masonic Temple and Decatur Club, aerial view

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Photograph of Decatur. This aerial view, looking north between Main and Church Streets, is taken from the south side of W. Prairie. It also shows the sites of the Elks Club, Masonic Temple, and Decatur Club.

Benjamin Z. Taylor

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Photograph of Benjamin Z. Taylor; (born 1849; died April 1904; married Mrs. Elizabeth May, 2/27/1901). Mr. Taylor was in the grain commission business and mayor of Decatur for one term; member of the Elks' and Masons. Photo ran 11/11/1903; photo by…

William S. Ridgly

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Photograph of William S. Ridgly; (died 10/20/1947) owner of Ridglydale Farms and former president of the Ridglydale Dairy; member of the Decatur Club, the Country Club, the Elks Club and the Chester White Swine Assn'; photo ran in the Decatur Herald…

Aaron Kaufman

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Photograph of Aaron Kaufman (d. 12/2/1938). He managed one of Decatur's leading men's clothing stores for 45 years. He opened a clothing store in Decatur in 1888, 9 years after opening the Kaufman store in Champaign. He retired in 1933, and the…

J. Harold "Dutch" Henry and Football Player

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Photograph of J. Harold with an unknown man in a football uniform. Henry was the athletic director at MacArthur High School, and the business manager of the Decatur Commodores. He was also the executive adviser of the Decatur Boys Baseball…

J. Harold "Dutch" Henry

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Photograph of J.Harold "Dutch" Henry. Henry was the athletic director at MacArthur High School, and the business manager of the Decatur Commodores. He was also the executive adviser of the Decatur Boys Baseball organization. He was a member of the…

Elks Club Kitchen

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Negative of two unknown women working in the Elk Club's kitchen in 1948.

Dining Room of the Elks Club

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Negative of two women standing in the back of the Elks Club dining room in 1948