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- Tags: fire
Mrs. Erma Wait Cook's Oral History
Tags: 1985, Anna B. Millikin Home, August 1985, Betty Turnell, changes to Decatur, childhood, Country Club, Decatur High School, Decatur Hotel and the Arcade, Decatur IL, Erma Wait Cook, fire, Interurban, interview, junior high school, Lincoln Theatre, Mary French School, Millikin University, Morehouse and Wells, Mrs. George Cook, oral history, Packard automobile, recording, St. Nicholas Hotel, stage plays, streetcar, Transfer House, Travel, vaudeville, W. Main St., Wait-Cahill Wholesale Company, Women's Club, Wood Street School
Charlotte Wait Holder' Oral History
Tags: 14-room house, 815 W. Main St., Amusement Park, Arcade Hotel, automobile, Barn, Bermuda, Betty Turnell, Bicycle, Blue Book, Bob Hope, Buick, changes in Decatur, Charlotte Wait Holder, childhood, Citizens Building, clubhouse, Country Club, cruise ship, Decatur Club, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, department stores, Downtown, Dreamland Lake, Dreamland Park, England, Ethel Barrymore, Fairview Park, fashion, fire, Fishing Club, Florida, Ford Model T, France, Gebhart Store, golf, golf house, Gushards Store, high-top shoes, horse, Interurban station, interurbans, interview, Italy, Jerusalem, Lemonwood School, Lincoln Highway, Lincoln Theatre, Mary French School, Medira, men's club, merry-go-round, Miami FL, Michigan, New York, New York City, Ohio, oral history, Powers Opera House, Powers Theatre, private club, recording, road markers, roller coaster, Roosevelt Junior High School, ship, South Side Country Club, Southmoreland, Spain, stage plays, Stewarts Store, Streetcars, summer vacation, swimming lake, swimming pool, tennis court, tire blow outs, train, Transfer House, Wait-Cahill Wholesale Company, wholesale drug and notions store, winter vacation, Wood St. School
Photo of First National Bank at the first location.
Photo of E. K. Ehrhart Bros. Grocery
Tags: 1933, 774 W. Green St., Bs1084, Business, Decatur IL., E. K. Ehrhart Bros. Grocery, fire, Food, Grocery, Market
Photos of Decatur Milling Co.
Tags: 1970, BS1052, BS1053, Business, Decatur IL., Decatur Milling Co., fire, Grain, Milling, Milling Employees
Photos of Decatur Hotel and Arcade Building, 1915.
Tags: 4/21/1915, Arcade, BS1048, BS1049, Business, Decatur Hotel and Arcade, Decatur IL., fire, hotel
Photos Decatur Gun Co. Contest 1917.
Photos of Burstein Junk Yard.
Tags: 1930, BS974, BS975, BS976, Business, Decatur IL., fire, Hides, Junk Yard, magazines, Metal, paper, Rags, Scrap Iron, Simon Burstein
Photo of Block & Kuhl after the fire
Tags: Block & Kuhl, BS963, Business, Decatur Gun Club, Decatur IL., fire
Photograph of old Lincoln Schoolhouse
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Foundation Committee Meeting - September 1987
This is the notice of the Foundation meeting in September 1987. Items discussed and review at the meeting were article of incorporation and by-laws.…