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Photo of old bureau owned by E. R. Culver
Photograph of an old bureau, made about 1839, was owned by E. R. Culver of Decatur. It was probably the first piece of furniture every made by a white man on the site of Decatur. It was made by a friend of Culver's father, Watt Culver. Photo ran in…
Fairview Park - Natural Spring
These are the photographs of the natural spring at Fairview Park that was on the south side of the Park by Park Place. It bubbled up in a cobble masonry until 1908 when the Seventh Ward sewer was put in. The photos were taken in 1897 and 1909
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Great Grandma Strocher and Grandma Augusta holding Elsie Ruth with Ruth Molin
Photograph of Great Grandma Strocher, Grandma Augusta Besalke, Elise Ruth, and Ruth Molin.