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Budd Florey
Photograph of Budd Florey (d. 7/25/1916). Florey was a tinner by trade, and a member of Greer and Florey, who had a tin shop on N. Main St. next to the Arcade Hotel. The shop was destroyed in the Decatur Hotel and Arcade hotel fire, and the firm…
Captain T.J. Abel
Photograph of Captain T.J. Abel taken by Rembrandt's of Decatur, and used in the Decatur Daily Review on October 27, 1925. Capt. Abel was a veteran of the Civil War, and member of Abel & Locke, a carpet, wallpaper, and drapery dealer. He later went…
Joseph Mills
Photograph of Joseph Mills (died July 6, 1913). Veteran Decatur lumberman. He bought land at the corner of N. Main and William Streets in 1853 and started a carpenter shop. He was a contractor and building until 1878. During this time he erected,…
Mary A. Nesbitt
Photography of Miss Mary A. Nesbitt; (died 5/8/1937). First Woman optometrist in Illinois. She practiced optometry for 32 years before she retired in 1925. About 1907 she went to South Dakota and homesteaded for awhile. She came back to Decatur and…
N. Main St. Subway Looking North
This is the glass negative of the N. Main St. subway looking north. The photo was taken by Pfile's Camera Shop for the Decatur Herald & Review in Decatur, IL around 1930.
Photo of Building 300 Block N. Main
Photograph of Decatur city street, 300 Block N. Main looking north and east from the intersection of William St.
Photo of Library Block, N. Main and E. William Streets.
Photograph of the Library Block N. Main St. and E. William St.
Photo of Western Union Messengers on Bicycles.
Photograph of Western Union Messengers on Bicycles in front of the Western Union Store.
Photos Linn & Scruggs
Photograph of William Scruggs, part owner of department store Linn & Scruggs, and delivery truck.
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Public Notice - Meeting Schedule - 1995-1996 - Personnel Policy and Public Relations
This is the public notice informing the public of the monthly meeting schedule of the Personnel Policy and Public Relations Committee. It is for…