Browse Items · Decatur Public Library Local History Photo Collection

Photo of Farm to Market Delivery Truck

Photograph of the Farm to Market Delivery Truck.

Tags: BS1110, Business, Decatur IL., Delivery, farm, Farm to Market, Grocery, Truck

Herd of Cows

http://omeka.decaturlibrary.org/files/original/4b4bd3bc559c7b64953c0836925cbe7a.jpg

This is the glass negative of a heard of cows in a field. The photo was taken by Charles Wasson of Wasson Studios in Decatur, IL in the early 1900s.

Tags: c. 1915, Charles Wasson, Charles Wasson Photo Collection, cow herd, Cows, Decatur IL, farm, field, Glass Negative, herd, herd of cows, negative, Wasson Studios

Mrs. Ruth Gibbs' Oral History

This is the oral history of Mrs. Ruth Gibbs. She was interviewed by Betty Turnell in November 1983. The interview includes her work with the United Methodist Church.

Tags: 1983, Betty Turnell, Buddhist Monastery, Camp Milam, Central Jurisdiction, childhood, Christian County, Christian Social Relations, Cleveland Avenue Methodist Church, conversational English, country school, Davidson, Decatur District Women's Foreign Missionary Society, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Dr, Dr. Donald Gibbs, Dr. E.T. Evans, earthquake, Eastern Michigan University, Evangelical United Brethren Church, farm, First Methodist Church, First Methodist Church of Evanston, Garrett Theological Seminary, Great Depression, Harriet Ellis, Illiopolis High School, Imogene Brown, international committee, Interurban, interview, Japan, Jurisdiction Woman's Society, Ladies' Aid Society, Methodist Church combination, Millikin University, Mrs. Conklin, Mrs. E.T. Evans, Mrs. Lucy Oplinger, Mrs. Marksmiller, Mrs. R.C. Augustine, Mrs. Ruth Gibbs, national board, Negro colleges, North-Central Jurisdiction, Northwestern University, November 1983, oral history, president, recording, SATC, School of Christian Mission, Student Army Training Corps, Teacher, teachers' college, United Methodist Church, Wesleyan Service Guild, Women's Home Missionary Society, Women's Society of Christian Service, World War I, WWI, YMCA, Ypsilanti MI

Dr. C.R. Cassity's Oral History

This is the oral history of Dr. C.R. Cassity. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on May 19, 1989. The interview includes his family and career in mathematics.

Tags: 1989, Adelia Sinkov, algebra, American Mathematical Society, Army Security Agency, Betty Turnell, cathedral, Chief Signal Officer of the Army, childhood, Community Concert Association, computer department, cryptanalysis, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Dr. C.R. Cassity, electrical contracting business, Elizabeth Smith, Environmental Research Corporation, family life, farm, farming, first street lighting, General Electric, geometry, Hudson River, interview, Masters Degree, mathematics, May 1989, Michigan State University, Millikin University, missile and space division, Music, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, New York City, one-room country school, oral history, Orange NJ, Ph.D, publications, recording, Red Cross, SIAM, St. Paul MN, The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, tunnel, University of Illinois, University of Michigan, Westinghouse, William F. Friedman

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

James Siburt's Oral History

This is the oral history of James Siburt. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on January 31, 1984. The interview covers his time working for the Railway Express.

Photograph of N. Water St. at the 900 Block

http://omeka.decaturlibrary.org/files/original/3344b32b4557d9b097d4ca6496508b7b.jpg

Photograph of N. Water St. at the 900 block at King Anson Packard's home. He owned an 80 acre farm bordered at Broadway, now Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, on the east, Water on the west and extending south from King. This photo was made in the…

Tags: 1850's, 900 Block, Block, Broadway, Decatur IL, farm, house, King Anson Packard, King Packard, Lapham, Martin Luther King Jr. Dr, N. Water St., Packard, Photo File: Houses

Photograph of the Stapp Lions

http://omeka.decaturlibrary.org/files/original/61326768127e2801bfcbda8c9e2c6880.jpg

These lions were purchased by Dr. J.T.B. Stapp and placed in front of his home at 252 N. Franklin St. in the early 1880's. This house was later purchased by I.A. Harkrader. The lions stood at that address until Mrs. Rollo C. Persinger, who last…

Photograph of Farmer's Market 1911

http://omeka.decaturlibrary.org/files/original/bb4fe8f618069ced47e676e70b28c6e9.jpg

Public market of 1911-1913. Decatur housewives used to go to the east side of Central Park for direct-from-the-farm produce. This picture was taken in November of 1911 and not an auto truck in sight.

Tags: 1911, Central Park, Decatur IL, Events, farm, Farmer's Market, Farmers, Festivals, horses, Housewives, Market, park, Photo File: Events/Festivals, Produce

Photograph of the Townsend Home

http://omeka.decaturlibrary.org/files/original/e7ca8220879812cefa29f54bd8f675b2.jpg

Photograph of the Townsend home after the 1940 murder/suicide of Ezra Townsend and Amy Townsend.

Tags: 1940, Amy Townsend, Crime, Ezra Townsend, farm, house, Murder, Photo File: Crime, Suicide, Townsend

Browse Items (29 total)