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W.C. Armstrong

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Photograph of W.C. Armstrong (d. 10/12/1928), a Decatur druggist for many years. Armstrong sold his business on Lincoln Square to West Drug Co. He spent many years as the manager of the Decatur Coal Co. The photo was taken by Vandeventer, and ran…

Tags: 1928, biography, Decatur Coal Co., Decatur Daily Review, Decatur IL, druggist, Lincoln Square, Photo File: Biography, Vandeventer, W.C. Armstrong, West Drug Co.

Photo of the St. Nicholas Hotel

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Photograph of stacks of luggage at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Photograph of the St. Nicholas Hotel beds. Photograph of St. Nicholas Hotel Chefs craving turkeys. Photograph of the St. Nicholas Hotel from across the street. Postcard of the St. Nicholas…

Tags: 1896, 1915, 1940's, 1996, Beds, Buildings, Business, Chefs in kitchen, Decatur IL., E. C. Kropp Co., Hotels, Lincoln Square, Noel C. Dicks, Photo File: Business, Postcards, Restaurants, St. Nicholas Hotel

James Millikin Homestead Gazette
Mar2007, Vol. XXX-6

This is a collection of materials from the James Millikin Homestead

Tags: "City of Decatur and Macon County Illinois", "History -Mystery-Murder" - Annual Meeting, 2006-2007 Board of Directors, A New Look - Brick Street, A Note from Your President -Ann Seidman, A Warm Memory - Apple Cider Recipe, Coming Attraction - Victorian Doll Tea, Decatur, December Fund Drive, Dining Room Medallion Back in Place (photos), IL, James Millikin Homestead, Leave a Legacy, Lincoln Square, Membership form, Mission Statement, Mr. and Mrs. Millikin Days, O.T. Banton - History of Macon County, website

Richard Rodgers' Oral History #1

This is the first oral history of Richard Rodgers. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on February 8 and 15, 1984. The interview includes his childhood, Decatur around World War I, and his work with Linn and Scruggs.

Tags: 1984, air conditioning, automobiles, Baseball, Betty Turnell, Bijoux Theatre, Blue Book, board room, childhood, chimes, Clothing, Coal Mines, cook's stove, Decatur Civic Orchestra, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Downtown, electricity, Empress Theatre, family orchestra, February 1984, Federal Home Loan Act, Feltman and Curm, FHA, First Methodist Church broadcast, Great Depression, Gushard Building, Gushard store, homogenization, Interurban, interview, John Philip Sousa's band, Lincoln Square, Lincoln Theatre, Linn and Scruggs, marimba, Millikin Orchestra, Millikin University, Music, Musician, Newspapers, oboe, oral history, out houses., pasteurization, public transportation, Pugh School, Radio, recording, refrigeration, Richard Rodgers, Roosevelt Junior High School, salt water taffy, shoe repair, Shoe Store, Shoes, shopping, Stephen Decatur High School, Street Cars, Swarthout Brothers, telephones, The Anvil Chorus, Transfer House, triangle, unpaved streets, vaudeville theatre, vitaphone programs, WJBL station, World War I, WWI, xylophone

Emanual Rosenberg's Oral History

This is the oral history of Emanual Rosenberg. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on April 6, 1979. The interview includes his career as a lawyer, and the social and religious organizations he's involved in.

Tags: 1979, April 1979, assistant state's attorney, Betty Turnell, Boys' Opportunity Home, childhood, Community Lectures, David Johnson, debating team, Decatur Area Arts Council, Decatur Community concerts, Decatur High School, Decatur Mental Health Center, Departmental School, divorce law, Edwards Hayes, Emanual Rosenberg, Europe, family life, Fortnightly Club, Hannah Gevirtz, Holy Rollers, Horace Garman, interview, Israel, Jackson School, Joseph Rosenberg, Judaism, law school, lawyer, Lincoln Square, Masonic Temple, Millikin building, Mr. Charles Evans, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Northwestern University, oral history, Parlor Market, Point Downing, recording, SATC, Stephen Decatur High School, Student Army Training Corps, Temple B'Nai Abraham, traveling, United Fund, United Jewish Appeal, Wayne Bickes, Webster-Cantrall Hall, World War I, WWI

Photographs of Downtown Buildings in Decatur, IL.

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Photograph of Lincoln Square Building, West Drug Store and Transfer House Located on Main and Main.

Tags: 1914, 1952, 1961, Buildings, Decatur IL., Lincoln Square, Main and Main Streets, Transfer House, West Drug Store

Photographs Downtown Area

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Photographs of downtown area, Lincoln Square, and aerial views

Tags: Aerial View, Buildings, businesses, Dec 1969, Decatur IL., Geo A Mueller Co Inc., Group of Men, Jan 1970, Lincoln Square, Parlor Market, Singleton Cafe, Transfer House

Photo of Bolay's Hobbies

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Photograph of the Bolay's Hobbies Storefront located at Main and Main Streets.

Tags: 117 E. Main St., Bolay's Hobbies, BS965, Business, Crafts, Decatur IL., Donald & Peggy Hanks, hobbies, Lincoln Square, Main & Main St., Nick Zuzich, Storefront

Photos of Street Lights on Cerro Gordo, N. Broadway, Prairie and Sleet Storm.

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Photographs of Streets Lights in various locations.

Photograph of 347 W. North St.

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Photograph of 347 W. North St. This house originally stood on Lincoln Square at the south end of Central Block but was moved to this North street address about 1859, or earlier, and was thought to have been built 15 or 20 years before that. In 1904…

Tags: 1859, 347 W. North St, Apartments, Central Block, Decatur IL, Edwin Kuny, house, Joseph Lapham, Kuny, Kuny Apartments, Lapham, Lincoln Square, North St, O.F. Kuny, Photo File: Houses

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