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Photos of State Street, Decatur, IL. at Night

Photographs of automobiles and buildings on State Street at night.

Tags: 5/11/1950, automobiles, Buildings, Decatur IL., Night Scene, ST1001, ST1002, State Street, Streets

Mrs. Will McKee's Oral History - Transcription

This is the transcription of Mr. Will McKee's oral history. She was interviewed by Betty Turnell on January 23, 1978. This interview includes her college years, early Decatur, Powers Building, Powers Opera House, and transportation.

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

Richard Rodgers' Oral History #1 - Transcription

This is the transcription of Richard Rodgers' first oral history. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on February 8 and 15, 1984. The interview includes his childhood, Decatur around World War I, and his work with Linn and Scruggs.

Tags: 1984, air conditioning, automobiles, Baseball, Betty Turnell, Bijoux Theatre, Blue Book, board room, childhood, chimes, Clothing, Coal Mines, cook's stove, Decatur Civic Orchestra, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Downtown, electricity, Empress Theatre, family orchestra, February 1984, Federal Home Loan Act, Feltman and Curm, FHA, First Methodist Church broadcast, Great Depression, Gushard Building, Gushard store, homogenization, Interurban, interview, John Philip Sousa's band, Lincoln Square, Lincoln Theatre, Linn and Scruggs, marimba, Millikin Orchestra, Millikin University, Music, Musician, Newspapers, oboe, OH75, oral history, pasteurization, public transportation, Pugh School, Radio, recording, refrigeration, Richard Rodgers, Roosevelt Junior High School, salt water taffy, shoe repair, Shoe Store, Shoes, shopping, sound recording, sound recordings, Stephen Decatur High School, Street Cars, Swarthout Brothers, telephones, The Anvil Chorus, transcription, Transfer House, triangle, unpaved streets, vaudeville theatre, vitaphone programs, WJBL station, World War I, WWI, xylophone

Photos of N. Broadway (MLK)

Photograph of Broadway (MLK) and E. Eldorado businesses. Photograph of Rite-Way Cafe on 720 N. Broadway (MLK). Photograph of N. Broadway businesses, Winn's Secondhand Store 545 N. Broadway and automobiles. Photographs of N. Broadway, railroad tracks…

Tags: (MLK), automobiles, Cars, High Voltage Lines, IGA Grocery, N. Broadway, R. R. Tracks, Rite-Way Cafe, ST718, ST719, ST720, ST721, ST722, Streets, Winn's Second Hand Store, York TV

Photo of N. Fairview at King St.

Photograph of cars and houses on N. Fairview Ave. at King St., Decatur, IL.

Tags: 6/10/1959, automobiles, Cars, Decatur IL., houses, King St., N. Fairview Ave., ST717, Streets

Photos of E. William St., Decatur, IL.

Photographs E. William St., grading in 1912. Photograph of building with food and rooms for rent. Photographs of Hamman Bros. Transfer on E. William St., Decatur, IL.

Tags: automobiles, Buildings, Decatur IL., E. William St., Hamman Bros. Transfer, ST602, ST603, ST604, ST605, ST606, Streets

Photos of E. William St., Decatur, IL.

Photographs E. William St., grading in 1912. Photograph of building with food and rooms for rent. Photographs of Hamman Bros. Transfer on E. William St., Decatur, IL.

Tags: automobiles, Boarding House, Buildings, Decatur IL., E. William St., Hamman Bros. Transfer, ST602, ST603, ST604, ST605, ST606, Street Grading, Streets

Photo of Old Automobiles on E. Packard St., Decatur, IL.

Photograph of old automobiles parked on E. Packard St., A & P Grocery was located at 1360 E. Packard.

Tags: 1300 Block E. Packard, A & P Grocery, automobiles, Buildings, Decatur IL., E. Packard, ST601, Streets

Photos of West Prairie Street

Photograph 200 Block W. Prairie laying wooden block in 1920. Photograph of unpaved street and Culver House. Photograph of house on corner of W. Prairie and Pine Streets. Photograph of West Prairie Street, building on left is Linn and Scruggs.…

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