Browse Items · Decatur Public Library Local History Photo Collection

Photos of City Buses

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Photographs of two city buses. Photograph of bus waiting for a train. Photograph of two women by the Wilson Bus Line. Photograph of buses in the city garage. Photograph of bus and driver at Power and Light Co., 1935. Photograph of two bus drivers.

Tags: 1935, A & P, Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Bus and Driver, Bus Drivers, Bus No. 977, Buses, City Bus, City Bus Garage, Illinois Power and Light Service, Illinois Wesleyan University, Special, train, Wilson Buses

Mabel and Friends In Front of Train In Streator, IL

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Photograph of Mabel Grubbs and friends standing in front of a train in Streator, IL on their way to Starved Rock. This trip was taken before she was married according to a blurb in the original photo album by the photo.

Tags: Mabel Grubbs, Mabel Grubbs Roberts, Roberts Family Collection, Starved Rock, Streator IL, train, trip, unknown man, unknown women

Photographs of Scenes at the Wabash R.R. Station

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Photographs taken by J.K. Stafford of various scenes of steam locomotives at the Wabash R.R. station taken in the late 1890's and early 1900's.

Tags: 1890's, 1900's, French, J.K. Stafford, Jack French, Locomotive, Locomotives, Photo File: Railroads, railroad, Railroads, scene, Stafford, Station, Steam, Steam Engines, train, Trains, Wabash, Wabash R.R.

Charlotte Wait Holder' Oral History

This is the oral history of Charlotte Wait Holder. She was interviewed by Betty Turnell on August 10, 1985. The interview includes her childhood and early Decatur.

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

Photograph of General Joffre's visit to Decatur, IL. in 1917.

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Photograph of Marshall Joffre standing at back of train with other visitors to Decatur, IL. during WWI, May 1917.

Tags: Decatur IL., General Joffre, Marshall Joffre, May 1917, train, Visitors, WWI

Photographs of Dwight Eisenhower in Group and Aerial photographs of Crowd Around Eisenhower's Train.

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Photographs of Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower with a group of people. Aerial Photo of Crowd around the Eisenhower Train, photographs of crowd that came to see Dwight Eisenhower.

Tags: 1952, Aerial View, Campaign, crowd, Dwight Eisenhower, Mamie Eisenhower, politics, Presidential Campaign, Railway Station, train, Visitors, Whistle Stop

Photos of Joy Land Amusement Park Rides

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Photographs of Joyland Amusement Park. Photo of ferris wheel, tiltawhirl, bullet ride, and lake. Photo of entrance, train track, domed building and giant slide.

Tags: Amusement Park, Bullet Ride, Business, Decatur IL., Ferris Wheel, Joyland, Lake Decatur, Photo File: Business, Tilt-A-Whirl, Tiltawhirl, train