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Photo of E-Z Opener Bag Co. Site.

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Photograph of the E-Z Bag Co. "The land bought in 1916 by E-Z Opener Bag. Co. was north of the Wabash R.R., between the I.T.S. tracks and N. Pine St., and bounded on the north by W. Green St. Bright St. cut through the tract from Green St. to the…

F. B. Tait

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Photograph of F. B. Tait, (born 1850 died 1932) Decatur Industrialist, manufactured check rowers, corn palnters, and railway car trucks. Photo taken 1912.

Robert Faries

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Photograph of Robert Faries (d. 11/17/1919). Faries was a manufacturer, inventor, and president of the Faries Manufacturing Co. He bought Wilson Park, and renamed it Faries Park in 1910. He founded the Faries Manufacturing Co. in 1881, which…

A.W. Conklin

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Photograph of A.W. Conklin (b. 3/25/1835, d. 3/28/1909), a prominent Decatur manufacturer. Conklin helped establish the Decatur Bag Factory, which later became known as the Tait factory. He also established the Decatur Steam Bakery, which became…