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Photos of the Home Telephone Building

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Photograph of the Home Telephone Building, N. Main St., Decatur, IL. Photo used in the Decatur Business 977.358A, p. 96-1.

Photos of the Lincoln Theatre, Exterior and Interior

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Photographs of the Lincoln Theater Marquee. Photograph of the Lincoln Theatre opening night 1916, theater filled. Photograph of the Lincoln Theatre lobby. Photographs of the interior. Photograph of the Art Deco on outside of the building.

Using the Toilets

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Photograph of Clyde Switzer, Wayne Overlin, John Keck, and Swede Besalke pretending to use the toilets in the basement of the old Herald and Review building on N. Main St. in 1955.

William G. Bachman

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Photograph of William G. Bachman (b. 12/21/1864, d. 7/8/1934). He was a furniture dealer, and owned a company on the southwest corner of N. Main and Prairie. This site later became Linn & Scruggs. The photo was taken by Vandeventer.