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The Bears of Fairview Park

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These are the photos and negatives of the bears that were kept at Fairview Park until 1972.

Tags: 1942-1951, bears, Decatur IL, Decatur Park District, Fairview Park, Fairview Park bears

Public Building Structures - Macon County First Courthouse

This is the historical account of the public building structure of Macon County's first courthouse.

Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln in Decatur, Centennial History of Decatur and Macon County, Central Block, Charlotte Meyer, Charlotte Meyer Collection, courthouse, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Fairview Park, History, Mabel Richmond, Macon County, Otto R. Kyle, photo

Photographs from the Old Settlers Reunion

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Photographs from several Old Settlers Association Reunions in Fairview Park taken in 1911, 1917, 1930 and 1935.

Tags: 1911, 1917, 1930, 1935, association, Decatur IL, Events, Fairview Park, Festivals, Old Settlers, Old Settlers Association, Old Settlers Reunion, park, Photo File: Events/Festivals, Rembrandt, reunion, Settlers

Photographs from the First Courthouse

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Photographs from the First Courthouse in Fairview Park.

Tags: 1909, courthouse, Decatur IL, Fairview, Fairview Park, first courthouse, Historic, Historical, Landmark, Lincoln Courthouse, Photo File: Historic Landmark

Photograph of the Agora Society

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Photograph of Decatur High School's Agora Society, a literary society, taken in the west end of Fairview Park in the spring of 1914.

Tags: 1914, Agora, Agora Society, Decatur High, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Fairview, Fairview Park, Girls, Group, high school, Literary, park, Photo File: Schools, school, Schools, Society, Spring

Photo of Ferris Wheel and Riders

Photograph of the Ferris Wheel with people riding and waiting.

Tags: Business, Decatur IL, Entertainment, Fairview Park, Ferris Wheel, Fun Fair, parks, PK214, Riders

Mrs. O.L. Myers' Oral History

This is the oral history of Mrs. O.L. Myers. She was interviewed by Betty Turnell in August 1981. The interview includes her childhood, and early Decatur.

Mrs. Frank M. Ware

This is the oral history of Mrs. Frank M. Ware. She was interviewed by Betty Turnell on August 31, 1984. The interview includes her childhood and career.

Tags: "speedys" letters, 1984, A.G. Webber, Absolum Newland, accounting department, August 1984, automobile tires, bank failure, Betty Turnell, bookkeeping machine, brother's surgery, Brown's Business College, cactus, cafeteria, carbon paper, Caterpillar Co., Caterpillar Military Engine Co., changes to Decatur, Chautauqua, choir, cottonwood tree, crystal radio sets, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Decatur Lumber Co., doctor's office, Dr. N.D. Meyers, Dr. William Barnes, Dune School, education, electronics courses, Fairview Park, Faries Manufacturing Co., First Lutheran Church, Flood, Florida, Forest Grove School, Frank Ware, general labor, George W. Keller, Great Depression, greenhouse, grocery store, hauling coal, Helen Harder, Hilltop Greenhouse, interview, Jackson St. School, Jasper County IL, Johns Hill, lap rugs, Leader Iron Works, Lincoln Coop Apartments, Lincoln Flower Shop, Log Cabin, Louisa Newland, Madam Corolla Lous Tuca, McKinley assassination, mortgage, Mound School, Mr. Barber, Mrs. Frank M. Ware, neighborhood picnic, Nelson Park, new pews, oral history, Payroll, perpetual inventory, Postal Service, pottery, purchasing department, radio diagrams, raising plants, ready-made radios, receptionist, recording, retirement, sales department, short-hand, Signal Depot, singing, small business, Snake Hill, St. Mary's Hospital, Staley Company, Streetcars, succulents, T.T. Springer, toolmaker, Transfer House, truck barn, voice lessons, Warren St. School, Weber Fill, William Shorb, World War I, World War II, WWI, WWII

Fairview Park Bridge

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This is a glass negative of a bridge in Fairview Park. The photo was taken by the Pfile's Camera Shop for the Decatur Herald & Review in Decatur, IL around 1930.

Tags: Bridge, c. 1930, Charles Wasson Photo Collection, Decatur Herald & Review, Decatur IL, Decatur Park District, Fairview Park, park, Pfile's Camera Shop

These are negatives showing the work done to take care of Fairview Park. This includes cutting up trees, planting trees, putting up signs, and road work. The photos were taken by Decatur Herald & Review.

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