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Residence - #1 Montgomery Place - Montgomery Shellabarger Home

These are historical accounts of the residence and its owners at #1 Montgomery Place

Photographs of Pugh School 1910 and 1956.

Photographs of Pugh School Building. Some photos were taken by George Baker in 1910.

Tags: 12/6/1956, 3/14/1910, Aerial View, automobiles, Buildings, Children, Decatur IL., Decatur Public Schools, George Baker, Photo File: Schools, Pugh School, Pugh School Area, Schools

N. Main St. Subway Looking North

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This is the glass negative of the N. Main St. subway looking north. The photo was taken by Pfile's Camera Shop for the Decatur Herald & Review in Decatur, IL around 1930.

Tags: automobiles, c. 1930, Cars, Charles Wasson Photo Collection, Decatur Herald & Review, Decatur IL, Glass Negative, N. Main St., N. Main St. subway, negative, Pfile's Camera Shop, Subway

Route 51 & Pershing Rd (48/121)

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This is the glass negative of the intersection of Route 51 and Pershing Rd (Rts. 48 & 121). The photo was taken by Pfile's Camera Shop for the Decatur Herald & Review in Decatur, IL around 1930.

Tags: automobiles, c. 1930, Cars, Charles Wasson Photo Collection, Decatur Herald & Review, Decatur IL, directional signs, Glass Negative, intersection, negative, Pershing Rd., Pfile's Camera Shop, Route 121, Route 48, Route 51, stop sign

S. Country Club Road by Scovill Gardens

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This is the glass negative of S. Country Club Rd. by Scovill Gardens. The photo was taken by Pfile's Camera Shop for Decatur Herald & Review in Decatur, IL around 1930.

Tags: automobiles, c. 1930, Cars, Charles Wasson Photo Collection, Decatur Herald & Review, Decatur IL, Glass Negative, negative, Pfile's Camera Shop, S. Country Club Rd., S. County Club Road, Scovill Garden

Lincoln Park Drive Looking Toward the County Bridge

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This is the glass negative of Lincoln Park Drive looking toward the county bridge. The photo was taken by Pfile's Camera Shop for the Decatur Herald & Review in Decatur, IL around 1930.

Tags: automobiles, c. 1930, Cars, Charles Wasson Photo Collection, County bridge, Decatur Herald & Review, Decatur IL, Glass Negative, Lincoln Park Drive, negative, Pfile's Camera Shop

Photographs of Decatur High School 1950's.

Photographs of Decatur High School during the 1950's, buildings, students, Franklin Street and North Street.

Tags: 1950, 1951, 1953, 1958, automobiles, Buses, Decatur High School, Decatur IL., Franklin Street, North Street, Schools, Students, Two-Way Traffic

Photographs Decatur High School in 1930's.

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Photos of Decatur High School Building, Students and Students in Wood Working Class and Classroom, Parking lot on North corner.

Tags: 1932, 1934, 1937, automobiles, Buildings, c. 1938, Classroom, Decatur High School, Decatur IL., Parking Lot North Corner, Schools, Shop Class, Students, Wood Working Class

Photograph of Brush College #1

Photo of children standing in front of Brush College #1, Decatur, IL. 1920.

Tags: 1920, automobiles, Brush College, Brush College #1, building, Children, Decatur IL., Photo File: Schools, Schools

Richard Rodgers' Oral History #1

This is the first oral history of Richard Rodgers. 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, oral history, out houses., pasteurization, public transportation, Pugh School, Radio, recording, refrigeration, Richard Rodgers, Roosevelt Junior High School, salt water taffy, shoe repair, Shoe Store, Shoes, shopping, Stephen Decatur High School, Street Cars, Swarthout Brothers, telephones, The Anvil Chorus, Transfer House, triangle, unpaved streets, vaudeville theatre, vitaphone programs, WJBL station, World War I, WWI, xylophone

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