Browse Items · Decatur Public Library Local History Photo Collection

Photo of W. H. Muzzy Music House Automobile

Photograph of W. H. Muzzy Music House Automobile and Men in the background.

Tags: Advertising, automobile, Business, c. 1915, Decatur IL., Music, Muzzy Music House, Pianos, Prairie & Main St., Violins, W. H. Muzzy

Photos of Comet Auto mobile

Photographs of Comet Automobile Assembly Line and Building located on Garfield Ave., Decatur, IL.

Tags: Assembly Line, automobile, building, Business, Comet, Decatur IL., Garfield Ave., Manufacturing

Photographs of Horses Pulling a Carriage.

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Photograph of Horse and Buggy taken by Noel C. Dicks. Photograph of Horse and Carriage in front of Decatur Baggage and Transfer Co., 1929. Photograph of Horse and Surrey, ran in the Review, 2/20/1929.

Tags: 1929, automobile, Buggy, Carriages, Decatur IL., horses, Livery, Surrey

Residence - 560 Powers Lane - LeForgee/Beaman Home

These are historical accounts of the residence and its owners at 560 Powers Lane

Fairview Park - New Road

This is a negative of a new road in Fairview Park. The photo was taken by Decatur Herald & Review on April 30, 1937.

Tags: April 30 1937, automobile, Bridge, car, Decatur Herald & Review, Decatur IL, Decatur Park District, Fairview Park, negative, new road, road

Man Driving Early Automobile

Man Driving Early Automobile, Horse and Rider Watching

Tags: 1900's, automobile, Decatur IL., Early Automobile, Highway Recognition, Horse and Rider, Horseless Carriage, Macon County IL., Roads

Charlotte Wait Holder' Oral History

This is the oral history of Charlotte Wait Holder. She was interviewed by Betty Turnell on August 10, 1985. The interview includes her childhood and early Decatur.

Tags: 14-room house, 815 W. Main St., Amusement Park, Arcade Hotel, automobile, Barn, Bermuda, Betty Turnell, Bicycle, Blue Book, Bob Hope, Buick, changes in Decatur, Charlotte Wait Holder, childhood, Citizens Building, clubhouse, Country Club, cruise ship, Decatur Club, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, department stores, Downtown, Dreamland Lake, Dreamland Park, England, Ethel Barrymore, Fairview Park, fashion, fire, Fishing Club, Florida, Ford Model T, France, Gebhart Store, golf, golf house, Gushards Store, high-top shoes, horse, Interurban station, interurbans, interview, Italy, Jerusalem, Lemonwood School, Lincoln Highway, Lincoln Theatre, Mary French School, Medira, men's club, merry-go-round, Miami FL, Michigan, New York, New York City, Ohio, oral history, Powers Opera House, Powers Theatre, private club, recording, road markers, roller coaster, Roosevelt Junior High School, ship, South Side Country Club, Southmoreland, Spain, stage plays, Stewarts Store, Streetcars, summer vacation, swimming lake, swimming pool, tennis court, tire blow outs, train, Transfer House, Wait-Cahill Wholesale Company, wholesale drug and notions store, winter vacation, Wood St. School

James E. Henson's Oral History

This is the oral history of James E. Henson. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on January 26, 1984. The interview includes his career as a lawyer, and Decatur when he was young.

Tags: 1984, automobile, Bar Association, bar exam, Betty Turnell, Bloomington IL, childhood, circuit judge, Clara May Morthland Henson, County bridge, County building, county judge, Decatur Daily Review, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Departmental School, divorce law, Donald W. Morthland, early Decatur, Emanual Rosenberg, Eva Josephine Young, Fairview Shopping Center, family law, family life, Faries Park, Henson Morthland and Bolin, Henson Morthland and Henson, Illinois Wesleyan University, Interurban, interview, Jackson Street School, James Atlas Henson, James E. Henson, James Millikin University, January 1984, Lake Decatur, law practice, Lost Bridge, Macon County Court, Macon County Jail, Macon County Sheriff, Maffitt Street Bridge, Martin E. Morthland, Masonic Temple, oral history, Ray's Bridge, recording, Richard F. Morthland, Riverside School, Sangamon River, Staley Office Building