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Photos of Walter Rudow outside his super market on the last day of business.

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Photographs of Walter Rudow holding a couple of items from his super market on the last day of business.

Tags: 2001 N. Water St., BS2064, BS2065, Business, Decatur IL., Groceries, grocery store, Rudow's Super Market, Super Market, Walter Rudow

Photos of Two Kroger Stores located in Decatur, IL.

Photographs of Two Kroger Stores located in Decatur, IL.

Tags: BS1763, BS1764, building, Business, c. 1940's, Decatur IL., exterior, Groceries, grocery store, Meat

Photo of Dreschel's Good Food Market

Photograph of Dreschel's Good Food Market located at E. 1368 Orchard St., Decatur, IL.

Tags: 1368 E. Orchard, BS1083, Business, Decatur IL., Dreschel's Good Food Market, Frank Dreschel, grocery store, Market, Urban Development

Light House Quality Food Products - Grocery Ad

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This is the glass negative of the Light House Quality Food Products advertisement. The photo was taken by Charles Wasson of Wasson Studios in Decatur, IL in the early 1900s.

Tags: ad, advertisement, c. 1910, Charles Wasson, Charles Wasson Photo Collection, Decatur IL, Glass Negative, grocery store, Light House Quality Food Product, negative, Wasson Studios

Mrs. Frank M. Ware

This is the oral history of Mrs. Frank M. Ware. She was interviewed by Betty Turnell on August 31, 1984. The interview includes her childhood and career.

Tags: "speedys" letters, 1984, A.G. Webber, Absolum Newland, accounting department, August 1984, automobile tires, bank failure, Betty Turnell, bookkeeping machine, brother's surgery, Brown's Business College, cactus, cafeteria, carbon paper, Caterpillar Co., Caterpillar Military Engine Co., changes to Decatur, Chautauqua, choir, cottonwood tree, crystal radio sets, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Decatur Lumber Co., doctor's office, Dr. N.D. Meyers, Dr. William Barnes, Dune School, education, electronics courses, Fairview Park, Faries Manufacturing Co., First Lutheran Church, Flood, Florida, Forest Grove School, Frank Ware, general labor, George W. Keller, Great Depression, greenhouse, grocery store, hauling coal, Helen Harder, Hilltop Greenhouse, interview, Jackson St. School, Jasper County IL, Johns Hill, lap rugs, Leader Iron Works, Lincoln Coop Apartments, Lincoln Flower Shop, Log Cabin, Louisa Newland, Madam Corolla Lous Tuca, McKinley assassination, mortgage, Mound School, Mr. Barber, Mrs. Frank M. Ware, neighborhood picnic, Nelson Park, new pews, oral history, Payroll, perpetual inventory, Postal Service, pottery, purchasing department, radio diagrams, raising plants, ready-made radios, receptionist, recording, retirement, sales department, short-hand, Signal Depot, singing, small business, Snake Hill, St. Mary's Hospital, Staley Company, Streetcars, succulents, T.T. Springer, toolmaker, Transfer House, truck barn, voice lessons, Warren St. School, Weber Fill, William Shorb, World War I, World War II, WWI, WWII

Building N. Main and W. William Streets

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Photograph of building on the corner of N. Main St. and W. William St.

Tags: building, Decatur IL., grocery store, Herald and Review, Macon County IL., N. Main & W. William, Photo File: Buildings, Printing Co.

Photograph of Charles H. Goodmiller (d. 10/28/1952). Goodmiller built the first grocery story and filling station at Wyckles Corner, and became known as the "Mayor of Wyckles Corner". At 16, he began working for the former Mills Lumber Co., and…

Tags: 1911, alderman, biography, candidate, Charles H. Goodmiller, City Council, commissioner, Decatur Daily Review, Decatur IL, farmer, filling station, grocery store, Mayor of Wyckles Corner, Mills Lumber Co., Photo File: Biography, sixth ward, Vandeventer, Wyckles Corner

Jesse E. Bendure

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Photograph of Jesse E. Bendure (d. 3/11/1908), superintendent of Greenwood Cemetery for 29 years. Owned a grocery store on S. Main St. when he first came to Decatur, and also served as the Macon County Coroner for 4 terms. He was the father of Roy…

Tags: 1908, biography, Decatur Daily Review, Decatur IL, Greenwood Cemetery, grocery store, Jesse E. Bendure, Macon County Coroner, Photo File: Biography, Roy Bendure, S. Main St., superintendent, Vandeventer

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