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Photos of the Herald and Review Baseball Teams

Photo of the baseball bleachers and spectators watching the Herald and Review Baseball Team. Group photograph of the Review baseball team. Photograph BS503: "Review --Baseball Team--Review Boy's Baseball League--St. Patrick's Bulldogs--1925…

Tags: 1925 Champions, Baseball League, Baseball Team, BS501, BS502, BS503, Bulldogs, Business, Group Photo, Herald and Review, Newspaper, Recreation, Review Team, St. Patrick's

League of Women Voters - Project - Urban Renewal - 1957 to 1965

LWV931Projects-Urban Renewal (1965)23.pdf

This is the historical account of the League of Women Voters of Macon County in Decatur

Tags: 1957, Air Service, Amusements and Recreation, Association of commerce of Decatur Illinois, Banks, brochure, Bus Service, Business indicators for Decatur, Capital expenditures 1955 to 1969, Census facts, Churches, climate, Communications, Cultural activities, Decatur's future, Economic developments, education, Electrical Power, Family income, Farm data, Federal reserve report, Financial institutions, Gas, government, Highways state and federal, Historical, Hospitals, Hotels and Motels, Housing, League of Women Voters, Location, Market data, Motor freight service, natural resources, Newspapers, parks, population, projects, Radio and Television, Railroads, Recreation, Religions cultural and social, Retail trade area, Retailers occupation tax, Sewers, Social Welfare, Soil and crops, State and federal offices, Streets and highways, Taxation, Telephone and telegraph, Transportation, Urban renewal, Urban renewal workshop fact sheet, Utilities, Water

Photo of A. E. Staley Baseball Team

BS2306-Staley Baseball Team20241217_11422494.jpg

Photograph of the A. E. Staley Baseball Team.

Tags: A. E. Staley Mfg. Co., Baseball, BS2306, Business, Decatur IL., Manufacturing, Recreation, Staley Commies

League of Women Voters - Projects - Consensus Projects - County Jail - 1983

This is a historical account of the League of Women Voters of Macon County in Decatur

Tags: 1983, Alternatives, Alternatives to Incarceration, Background Support, Barbara Ohlsen, Cleanliness, Committee By-Laws, Committee Draft Notes, Community Corrections Act, Community Corrections Act HB 2726, Conclusions, Consensus Projects, Correctional Health Services, Correctional Industries, Correctional Officers, Counseling Services, County Jail Report Analysis of HB 2317, County Jail Survey, County Jail Survey completed, Criminal Justice Memo, Criminal Justice News, Data, Division of Responsibilities, Draft Summary, education, Female Commitments to IDOC, Florence Cox, Food Services, Health care, Highlights, IDOC, Inmate Grievance Procedure, Inspection Report, instructions, Karen McKinney, League of Women Voters, Length of Stay, LWV Bulletin 1984, Macon County Jail Review, Marg Coberly, Mary Coberly, McClean County Jail Watch Committee, McLean County Jail, Medical Services, mental health, Millie Protzman, Mission Statement, Periodic Imprisonment, Phones and Visits, Physical Facilities, Points to Make, Presentation of Report, Prison tour, projects, Public Defender Report on McClean County, Recreation, Social Services, Survey questions, Time for Action, Update on Criminal Justice Further

Photos of Ragsdale Roller Rink located in a tent. Ragsdale Roller Rink for later located at 480 E. North St.

Photographs of the tent that housed Ragsdale Roller Rink. Ragsdale Roller Rink was located later at 480 E. North St. In 1947 Harold Ragsdale sold the Roller Rink to J. H. Kaericher and the name was changed to Regal Roller Rink.

Tags: 1947, 480 E. North St., BS2043, BS2044, Business, Decatur IL., Entertainment, Harold Ragsdale, J. H. Kaericher, Ragsdale Roller Rink, Recreation, Regal Roller Rink