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Photo of Hershey-Houdaille Garfield Plant Aerial View

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Photograph --Aerial View of the Hershey-Houdaille Garfield Plant, part of the Manhattan Project, 8/24/1945.

Photo of Stevens Mfg. Co. Woodworking Dept.

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Photograph of the Stevens Mfg. Co. -Building, it was formerly occupied by the F. B. Tait Foundry. Photograph Woodworking Dept. The company was located at 360-380 E. Cerro Gordo Street. Ran in the Decatur Review 11/19/1911. They manufactured potato…

Photos of Traver Ready Mix Concrete

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Photographs of Traver Ready Mix employee rinsing out his delivery truck. Traver Ready Mix Concrete mixing conveyors.

Photo of United States Oil Extracting Machinery Co.

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Photograph of the United States Oil Extracting Machinery Co. This company was located in the Chamber of Commerce Addition at the southwest corner of Tait Ave. and Illinois Central Railroad. The main building, the 2-story frame building on the right,…

Photos of United States Wire Mat Co.

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Photograph of the United States Wire Mat Co., taken 1907. This was later changed to the United States Mfg. Co. Photo unused Aug. 12, 1907. This company located at 260-262 E. Wood St. at Franklin St., Decatur, IL. Photograph of U. S. Wire Mat…

Photos of the Shellabarger Mills

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Photograph of the Shellabarger Grain Storage Silos. Photograph of worker bagging flour. Photograph of two men bagging flour. Photograph of the Shellabarger Buildings.

Photos of Spencer-Kellogg Grain Company

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Photograph of the Spencer-Kellogg and Sons, Philippines Inc. Photograph of the Spencer-Kellogg buildings and rail yard. Photograph of men working on top of the grain silos. Photograph aerial view of Spencer-Kellogg. Photograph of two men watching…

Photo of the A. E. Staley Manufacturing Co. Buildings

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Photograph of A. E. Staley, Mfg. Co. This is a view of the east and industrial section of Decatur in 1912. This photo was published in the Review December 1, 1912 and was taken by George Baker of Decatur. The cutline with the photo when it ran read…

Photos of A. E. Staley Mfg. Co.

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Post card of the Staley Office Building at night. Photograph of the Dust Collector. Photograph of man watching conveyor belt. Photograph of A. E. Staley baseball field. Photograph of the Staley Office building with flood lights. Photographs of…