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Photographs of the Interior of Decatur High School
Photographs of the interior of Decatur High School including the gym, auditorium, the girls locker room, a science classroom and the music room taken around 1940.
Photographs of the Exterior of Decatur High School
Photographs of the exterior of the Decatur High School main building taken at an unknown date and Kintner Gym taken in 1940.
Photographs of the Construction of Kintner Gym
Various photographs taken during the construction of Kintner Gym which was built for Decatur High School in 1940.
Photograph of Mrs. Minerva Albert R. Taylor
Photograph of Mrs. Minerva Albert R. Taylor Born 1849; d. 4/21/1938; married to Albert Taylor, 1873. Mr. Taylor was the first President of Millikin University.
Photograph of Dr. Albert R. Taylor.
Photograph of Dr. Albert R. Taylor. Born 10/16/1846; died 8/12/1929; married Minerva Dent, 1873. Education founder of Millikin University and president from 1901-1913 and from 1915-1919. Member of Cumberland Presbyterian church.
Photograph of Harold A. Cole
Photograph of Harold A. Cole. Cole became piano and pipe organ instructor at Millikin University in September of 1909. He was a graduate of New England Conservatory of Music in Boston.
Photograph of William F. Smith
Photograph of William F. Smith. He became track team coach at Decatur High School in 1910. He was also a physics teacher.
Photographs of Prairie Hall School Building, Children and Classroom
Photographs of Prairie Hall School, children standing outside and classroom.
Photograph of Professor Henry Clay Stanley
Former professor of Commerce and Finance at Millikin University. In 1917 he was charged with bigamy and sent to the penitentiary at Chester. He was released in 1918 after serving eleven months.
Photograph of the R.O.T.C. at Millikin University
Photograph of the R.O.T.C. outside of Millikin University thought to be taken in 1917.
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Mrs. E. Sadowski - Boy
This is the glass negative of Mrs. E. Sadowski's boy. The photo was taken by Charles Wasson of Wasson Studios in Decatur, IL in the early 1900s.