Browse Items · Decatur Public Library Local History Photo Collection

Photo of John Riel Employees

Photograph of John Riel Employees Standing on and in Front of Wagon Pulled with Horses.

Tags: BS1722, building, Business, Decatur IL., employees, Graining, Horse & Wagon, painting, Paper Hanging, signs, Wall Papering

Photos of Hi-Flier Kite Company.

Photographs of the Hi-Flier Co. employees, manufacturing, and design.

Tags: BS1556, BS1557, BS1558, BS1559, BS1560, BS1561, BS1562, Business, Decatur IL., Designing, employees, Hi-Flier Kite Co., Manufacturing, painting

Robert Walters' Oral History

This is the oral history of Robert Walters. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell in 1985. The interview covers his passion for painting and photography.

This is the oral history of John Day. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on November 29, 1977. The interview includes his time in an English orphanage, growing up in Canada, and his work with the Wabash Railroad.

Tags: "The Cannon Ball", 1977, automobile factory, bass drum, Betty Turnell, Bluebird, Canada, Canadian National Railroad, Cannon Ball, cement company, Charlie Cunningham, Decatur IL, Douglas Air Craft, Dr. Barnardo's Homes, farm work, farming, Feltwell England, Foreman, freemason, Grand Truck Railroad, Holmes Foundry, homestead farm, Imperial Oil Refinery, Infants' School, Inglewood Ontario, interview, John Day, London England, Marysville MI, Mason, Montreal Quebec, Music, National Guard, Norfolk County, November 1977, oral history, orphanage, paint shop, painter, painting, passenger trains, personnel, physical abuse, pigiron, Poetry, Port Huron MI, recording, retirement, round house, Sarnia Ontario, Steam Engines, tannery, The Great Lakes Navigation, Toronto Ontario, travelling, Tunbridge Wells England, visit to England, Wabash Railroad, Wills-St. Clair car, World War II