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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.

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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

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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

Hugh Baker's Oral History

This is the oral history of Hugh Baker. 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, oral history, pasteurization, Plant 3, public parks, recording, Recreation, retirement, Roosevelt Junior High School, Salvation Army board, sanitary conditions, South Shores, sterilization, tenant's house, The Mueller Land Improvement Trust, University of Michigan, World War I

Mrs. Will McKee's Oral History

This is the oral history of Mr. Will McKee. 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.

Photograph of Automobiles Racing at the Fairgrounds

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Photograph of automobiles racing at the fairgrounds at an unknown date.

Tags: automobile, automobiles, car, Cars, Decatur IL, Fairgrounds, Photo File: Automobiles, race, racing, Recreation, Sport

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