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Photographs of Visitors from Tokorozawa, Japan Visiting the Decatur Public Library

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Various photographs of visitors from Tokorozawa, Japan visiting the Decatur Public Library. Tokorozawa, Japan is one of Decatur's sister cities. During the visit, several books printed in Japanese were donated to the library.

Photographs of Sally Rand.

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Photographs of Sally Rand sitting at a desk, in 1947.

Photographs of President William McKinley standing on speakers platform at the Wabash R. R. Station, Oct. 15,, 1898.

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Photos of Pres. William B. McKinley speaking to the crowd at the Wabash R. R. station, in first three photos. Photos of unidentified speakers at President William McKinley's rally.

Photographs of President William Howard Taft.

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Photographs of President Howard Taft. VS33: "William Howard Taft, far left, favored greeters with a fine sample of the famous Taft smile as he stepped off the train for his Decatur visit in 1911. And there in the crowd to record the event was…

Photographs of Emmett Kelly at his book signing at Haines and Essick's.

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Photographs of Emmett Kelly center signing his book. On the left is L. C. McNabbon and right is Gordon Weel, book department manager.

Photographs of Dwight Eisenhower in Group and Aerial photographs of Crowd Around Eisenhower's Train.

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Photographs of Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower with a group of people. Aerial Photo of Crowd around the Eisenhower Train, photographs of crowd that came to see Dwight Eisenhower.

Photograph of Paul Robeson, Faith Nansen and john Langdon.

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Photograph of Paul Robeson and two Millikin Students. Paul came to Millikin University to perform and speak to students.