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Photos of Lutheran Church South Shore Addition Building

Photographs of the First Evangelical Lutheran Church Addition, South Shores, Decatur, IL.

Tags: building, CH167, CH168, Churches, Decatur IL., First Evangelical Lutheran, Lutheran, new addition, South Shores

Hugh Baker's Oral History - Transcription

This is the transcription of Hugh Baker's oral history. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on June 28, 1985. The interview includes his time working for the Mueller Company, and his father's dairy farm.

Tags: 1985, alcoholism committees, automobiles, Betty Turnell, building homes, changes to milking, Chatanooga TN, childhood, City Milk Inspector, civic boards, company town, Construction, Cows, Dairy Farm, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Decatur Mental Health Center, diptheria, electricity, epidemic, family life, farm, farmhouse, farming, Great Depression, harvest dinners, hired hands, hobbies, Hugh Baker, interview, June 1985, Liberty Bonds, marine engineering, Mary W. French School, mechanical engineering, Milk Delivery, Mueller City, Mueller Company, Mueller family, Mueller IL, Mueller Pottery Plant, naval architecture, OH65, oral history, pasteurization, Plant 3, public parks, recording, Recreation, retirement, Roosevelt Junior High School, Salvation Army Band, sanitary conditions, sound recording, South Shores, sterilization, tenant's house, The Mueller Land Improvement Trust, transcription, University of Michigan, World War I, WWI

Photographs of Children in Classroom and Building South Shores School.

Photographs of Children in Classroom and School Building.

Tags: 1957, building, Children, Classroom, Decatur Public Schools, DPL#61, Schools, South Shores

A.G. Webber III's Oral History: Mueller Story

This is the oral history of A.G. Webber III. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell in 1982. This interview covers the history of the Mueller Company.

Tags: "Lost 40", "Old Black Joe", "The Mueller Story", 1982, A.G. Webber, A.G. Webber III, Adolf Mueller, apprentice, Benito Mussolini, Betty Turnell, Canada, Chamber of Commerce trip, counsel for Mueller Co., Decatur IL, Division of labor, double desks, Duke Mueller, employee recreation, Everett Mueller, Frank Mueller, Fred Mueller, gardening, gas piping, grandfather, Great Depression, gun shop, Henry Mueller, Hieronymus Mueller, hiking club, immigrant, interview, Inventions, Jack Banton, judge, lawyer, machinist, Millikin Place, Mueller Company, Mueller factory, Mueller lawyer, Mueller Lodge, Mueller Picnic, Mueller village, office space, oral history, Oscar Mueller, patents, pay phone, Phillip Mueller, Plant, Port Huron MI, prairie forest, Public Relations, railroading, recording, Robert Mueller, Rockford IL, Rome Italy, sales, Sarni Ontario, South Shores, straw hat, tomatoes

Hugh Baker's Oral History - Recording

This is the recording of Hugh Baker's oral history. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on June 28, 1985. The interview includes his time working for the Mueller Company, and his father's dairy farm.

Tags: 1985, alcoholism committees, automobiles, Betty Turnell, building homes, changes to milking, Chatanooga TN, childhood, City Milk Inspector, civic boards, company town, Construction, Cows, Dairy Farm, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Decatur Mental Health Center, diptheria, electricity, epidemic, family life, farm, farmhouse, farming, Great Depression, harvest dinners, hired hands, hobbies, Hugh Baker, interview, June 1985, Liberty Bonds, marine engineering, Mary W. French School, mechanical engineering, Milk Delivery, Mueller City, Mueller Company, Mueller family, Mueller IL, Mueller Pottery Plant, naval architecture, OH65, oral history, pasteurization, Plant 3, public parks, recording, Recreation, retirement, Roosevelt Junior High School, Salvation Army board, sanitary conditions, sound recording, South Shores, sterilization, tenant's house, The Mueller Land Improvement Trust, transcription, University of Michigan, World War I

Photographs of Captain David L. Allen's Second Home

Photographs of Captain David L. Allen's home on the south bank of the Sangamon River. It was unusual in structure because of its octagonal tower and for years it was a landmark of Macon county. It was torn down about 1905 and is was the site of…

Tags: 1905, Allen, Captain David L Allen, David Allen, David L Allen, Decatur IL, house, Macon, Macon County, Mueller Heights, Mueller Lodge, Octagonal, Octagonal Tower, Photo File: Houses, Sangamon, Sangamon River, South Shores, Tower

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