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Photograph of a Decatur High School Postcard
Photographs of a Decatur High School postcard from an unknown date. This is the first high school building, built in 1869 at Broadway and North Streets in Decatur before the second high school was building was built on N. Franklin Street in 1911.
Photograph of the Dennis School building
Photograph of the Dennis School building taken in 1910. Dennis School served the children of the west side for nearly 45 years before a new addition was constructed; this is how the building looked when it was being built in 1910. The school replaced…
Photograph of the Dennis School Building Site
Photograph of the Dennis School building site taken in 1909 shortly before the school was built. This house once stood where the Dennis building now stands and this area used to be on the very edge of town, practically in the woods. Land on which the…
Photograph of Lincoln School
Photograph of the exterior of Lincoln school taken on March 17th, 1955.
Photograph of old Lincoln Schoolhouse
Photograph of Lincoln schoolhouse, which was located five miles north of Blue Mound and 4 miles west of Boody. This building was destroyed by fire February 20th, 1939.
Photographs of Aston Hall at Millikin University
Photograph of Aston Hall at Millikin University taken after a snowstorm at an unknown date.
Photograph of the Men's Old Gym & the Industrial Arts Building at Millikin University
Early photograph of the men's old gym and industrial arts building taken at an unknown date.
Exterior Photographs of Millikin University
Various photographs taken of the exterior of Millikin University. Most of these photographs were taken in the early 1900's, while the photograph displaying a prominent 'Millikin University' sign was taken in the 1950's.
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Monthly City Librarian Report to the Board of Trustees 1989
These are the monthly city librarians reports to the Decatur Public Library Board of Trustees. In these report Mr. Seidl discusses information about…