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Photographs of John D. "Jack" Duffey
Photographs of John D. "Jack" Duffey; died March 23, 1937. Veteran Decatur Fireman. He served nearly 35 years on the Fire Department. He left the Fire Department about 1912 and for about 12 years was head of Mueller's Fire Department. Later he served…
Photograph of Saratoga Club Gambling Raid
Photograph of the Saratoga Club gambling police raid in 1938.
Photograph of Slot Machines being Destroyed
Photograph of slot machines being destroyed in October of 1934.
Photograph of Edward Platt and Lawrence L. Gibbons
Photograph of Fire Chief Edward Platt and head of detectives Lawrence L. Gibbons as Chief Platt claims the trophy as a token of his department having won the annual firemen-policemen baseball game.
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Mrs. Munch
This is the glass negative of Mrs. Munch. The photo was taken by Charles Wasson of Wasson Studios in Decatur, IL in the early 1900s.