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Mrs. Frank M. Ware

This is the oral history of Mrs. Frank M. Ware. She was interviewed by Betty Turnell on August 31, 1984. The interview includes her childhood and career.

Tags: "speedys" letters, 1984, A.G. Webber, Absolum Newland, accounting department, August 1984, automobile tires, bank failure, Betty Turnell, bookkeeping machine, brother's surgery, Brown's Business College, cactus, cafeteria, carbon paper, Caterpillar Co., Caterpillar Military Engine Co., changes to Decatur, Chautauqua, choir, cottonwood tree, crystal radio sets, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Decatur Lumber Co., doctor's office, Dr. N.D. Meyers, Dr. William Barnes, Dune School, education, electronics courses, Fairview Park, Faries Manufacturing Co., First Lutheran Church, Flood, Florida, Forest Grove School, Frank Ware, general labor, George W. Keller, Great Depression, greenhouse, grocery store, hauling coal, Helen Harder, Hilltop Greenhouse, interview, Jackson St. School, Jasper County IL, Johns Hill, lap rugs, Leader Iron Works, Lincoln Coop Apartments, Lincoln Flower Shop, Log Cabin, Louisa Newland, Madam Corolla Lous Tuca, McKinley assassination, mortgage, Mound School, Mr. Barber, Mrs. Frank M. Ware, neighborhood picnic, Nelson Park, new pews, oral history, Payroll, perpetual inventory, Postal Service, pottery, purchasing department, radio diagrams, raising plants, ready-made radios, receptionist, recording, retirement, sales department, short-hand, Signal Depot, singing, small business, Snake Hill, St. Mary's Hospital, Staley Company, Streetcars, succulents, T.T. Springer, toolmaker, Transfer House, truck barn, voice lessons, Warren St. School, Weber Fill, William Shorb, World War I, World War II, WWI, WWII

These are photographs and negatives of the bathhouses at Nelson Park. The photos show the interior and exterior of the new bathhouse, and the exterior of the old bathhouse. The photos were taken by the Herald and Review between 1938 and 1964.

Tags: August 25 1953, Bathhouse, boat pier, Decatur Herald & Review, Decatur IL, Decatur Park District, exterior, February 28 1938, interior, June 9 1939, negative, Nelson Park, new bathhouse, November 3 1939, October 9 1964, old bathhouse, Photograph

Nelson Park - Beach

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These are photos of the beach at Nelson Park. They were taken by the Decatur Herald & Review between 1934 and 1939.

Tags: aerial, Beach, Decatur Herald & Review, Decatur IL, Decatur Park District, July 1 1937, July 4 1939, June 15 1939, June 2 1934, June 30 1934, Kids, Life Guards, Men, negative, Nelson Park, Photograph, swimming, various people, Women

Nelson Park - Boathouse

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These are negatives of the boathouse and the boat and canoe livery at Nelson Park. The photos were taken by Decatur Herald & Review.

Tags: boat & canoe livery, boathouse, Decatur Herald & Review, Decatur IL, Decatur Park District, February 28 1938, negative, Nelson Park, November 3 1939

Nelson Park - Golf Course

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These are negatives of the Nelson Park golf course. The photos were taken by Decatur Herald and Review around 1940.

Tags: C. 1940, Decatur Herald & Review, Decatur IL, Decatur Park District, golf, golf course, golfers, negative, Nelson Park, various people

Nelson Park - Pavilion

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These are photos and negatives of the Nelson Park pavilions, both the old pavilion (c. 1910) and the new one. Also shown is the opening night dance of the new pavilion on July 14, 1931. The photos were taken by Rembrandt Studio and the Herald and…

Tags: 1934, c. 1910, Dance, Decatur Herald & Review, Decatur IL, Decatur Park District, July 14 1931, Nelson Park, new pavilion, old pavilion, Opening Night, pavilion, Rembrandt Studio, various people