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Photographs of N. Water Street 1935 and 1938.

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Photographs of Street Scenes Taken in 1935 and 1938.

Tags: 1935, 1938, automobiles, N. Water Street, Richmans Clothing, Streets, Walgreen Drugs

Photo of Cooper Oldsmobile Co. Building and some Automobiles.

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Photograph of the Cooper Oldsmobile Co. Building located at 126 N. Franklin Street, Decatur, IL.

Tags: 126 N. Franklin St, 1940-1950, automobiles, BS1013, Business, Car Dealership, Cooper Oldsmobile Co., Decatur IL.

Photos of Frede Chevrolet Building and Cars.

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Photographs of Frede Chevrolet Cars and Building, 300 Block E. Eldorado, Decatur, IL.

Tags: 300 Block E. Eldorado, automobiles, BS1473, BS1474, BS1475, BS475, building, Business, Cars, Frede Chevrolet

Photo of the Highfield Buick Co. Building on 315 S. Main St., Decatur, IL.

Photograph of the Highfield Buick Co. building located on 315 S. Main St., Decatur, IL.

Tags: 1950's, 315 S. Main St., automobiles, BS1570, Buick, Buicks, Business, Cars, Decatur IL., Highfield Buick Co., sales

Photo of Howard Sanders Garage

Photograph of old automobiles at Howard Sanders Garage.

Tags: Auto Repairs, automobiles, BS1642, Business, c 1930's, Cars, Decatur IL., garage, Howard Sanders Garage

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.

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

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

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

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