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Photo of the Ice Barn Located on the Sangamon River
Photograph of David A. "Doc" Maffit --Ice Barn--1888; located on the Sangamon river. Maffit in horse and buggy on left, with lots of horses and wagons.
Photograph from Armistice Day Parade in 1943
Photograph from the Armistice Day Parade in November of 1943.
Photograph of Farmer's Market 1911
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.
Photographs of Horses Pulling a Carriage.
Photograph of Horse and Buggy taken by Noel C. Dicks. Photograph of Horse and Carriage in front of Decatur Baggage and Transfer Co., 1929. Photograph of Horse and Surrey, ran in the Review, 2/20/1929.
Photographs of the Racetrack
The first photo was taken August 23rd, 1898 at the George A. Keller racetrack located just north of Garfield Ave. and between the I.T.S. tracks and the Illinois Central R.R. tracks. The track was closed in 1908 when local option hit Decatur and…
Photos of East Leafland taken in 1910 and 1971.
Photograph of city paving East Leafland in 1910. "In 1910 East Leafland Street from Broadway came out of the mud with concrete curbing and brick pavement. In those days work moved slowly with men and horses providing most of the power. Photo used…
Sallie Leonard - Men on Horseback
These are glass negatives of men on horseback. The photos were taken for Sallie Leonard by Charles Wasson of Wasson Studios in Decatur, IL in the early 1900s.
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David R. Barnett
This is the glass negative of David R. Barnett taken by Charles Wasson of Wasson Studios in Decatur, IL in the early 20th century.