Browse Items (45 total)

  • Tags: Recreation

Photographs of 364 W. William St.

http://omeka.decaturlibrary.org/files/original/206b53d81bd10283cc109bae754a2448.jpg
Photographs of 364 W. William St. This house was built by L.L. Haworth in 1880 and served as a family dwelling for 40 years. Then for 20 years it served as the home of kindergartens, dancing schools, lodge organizations and the Community Recreation…

Photographs of Children Playing

http://omeka.decaturlibrary.org/files/original/7205131c3f7d2b9d10ea6b2bdc0edbcf.jpg
Various photographs of children playing taken in 1936, 1945, 1948, 1958 and 1960.

Photographs of Fishing Catches

http://omeka.decaturlibrary.org/files/original/a5b94698e6f61dde30a83e7c1f9aa083.jpg
Photographs of two men's catfish catches while fishing in Decatur, date unknown.

Photographs of Golfer Eleanor Barnes

http://omeka.decaturlibrary.org/files/original/06b83db2044f583d0bb5283d946bda81.jpg
Photographs of golfer Eleanor Barnes sporting the golf dress style taken July 27th, 1913.

Photographs of the Decatur Gun Club

http://omeka.decaturlibrary.org/files/original/818a7dfe43f708bc16a56654e16b5909.jpg
Various photographs of the Decatur gun club taken around 1915.

Photographs of the Racetrack

http://omeka.decaturlibrary.org/files/original/e24d52a9c559d3d45a9e42fb38210fcf.jpg
The first photo was taken August 23rd, 1898 at the George A. Keller racetrack located just north of Garfield Ave. and between the I.T.S. tracks and the Illinois Central R.R. tracks. The track was closed in 1908 when local option hit Decatur and…