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Photographs from the Morehouse & Wells Fire
Several photographs from the August 22, 1909 Morehouse & Wells fire that took out nearly a block of downtown Decatur businesses. The fire started in the Morehouse & Wells building on East Main and destroyed half the block bounded by Merchant,…
Photographs of the Culver House
412 W. Prairie Ave. John H. Culver home, built around 1887. It was sold to Roy Phillips in 1950 by Elizabeth C. Shellabarger, daughter of John H. Culver. Phillips remodeled it into apartments. A fire in 1979 caused extensive damage to the attic and…
Photograph of the Stapp Lions
These lions were purchased by Dr. J.T.B. Stapp and placed in front of his home at 252 N. Franklin St. in the early 1880's. This house was later purchased by I.A. Harkrader. The lions stood at that address until Mrs. Rollo C. Persinger, who last…
Photos of Street Lights on Cerro Gordo, N. Broadway, Prairie and Sleet Storm.
Photographs of Streets Lights in various locations.
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Josephine Huddleston
These are the glass negatives of Josephine Huddleston. The photo was taken by Charles Wasson of Wasson Studios in Decatur, IL in the early 1900s.