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Display of Apples

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This is a glass negative of an apple display at a fair. The photo was taken by Charles Wasson of Wasson Studios in Decatur, IL in the early 1900s.

Hagenback & Wallace Circus

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Photograph taken during the Hagenback & Wallace Circus in April of 1938 of horses next to a train as people watch.

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.

Photograph of a Wabash R.R. Caboose Interior

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Photograph of the interior of a Wabash R.R. train caboose taken on October 11th, 1955.

Photograph of an Early Wabash Railroad Engine

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Photograph of an early Wabash Railroad engine of 1856. Lake Erie, Wabash & St. Louis R.R.

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.

Photograph of Illinois Terminal R. R. Class A Locomotive #61

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Photograph of Illinois Terminal R. R. class A locomotive #61 at the engine shops in Decatur IL taken on September 30th, 1939.

Photograph of St. Louis Businessmen in Decatur to Board the Train Carrying Battery A

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Photograph of a group of about fifty St. Louis business and professional men, headed by Mayor Henry Ziegenhein, came to Decatur to meet and board the train carrying Batter A, the only Missouri unit to serve overseas during the Spanish American War.…