Browse Items · Decatur Public Library Local History Photo Collection

Photo of the Mystery Shopper in 1945.

Photograph of the Mystery Shopper receiving and award.

Tags: 1945, Award, Contests, Decatur IL., EV106, Events, Festivals, Mystery Shopper

Photograph of Leslie Swartz, Herald and Review "Little Stinker Award Winner" 1/7/1955.

Tags: 1/7/1955, Contests, EV110, Events, Festivals, Herald and Review, Leslie Swartz, Little Stinker Contest

Photograph of Lewis Good and son holding up 45 pound fish, 6/20/1938. Photograph of Shorty Edwards with large catfish on 4/27/1938.

Tags: 1938, Contests, Decatur IL., EV105, EV109, Events, Festivals, Fishing Contest, Lewis Good, Shorty Edwards

Photograph of crowd watching corn husking contest 10/22/1937.

Tags: 1937, automobiles, Contests, Corn Husking, crowd, Entertainment, EV111, Events, Festivals, wagon

Photograph of a parade celebrating Clinton, Illinois Centennial in 1935. Photograph of an oxen, man and child by an Anheuser-Busch Budweiser wagon.

Tags: 10/31/1935, Anheuser-Busch, Budweiser Beer Wagon, child, Clinton IL. Centennial, Entertainment, EV103, EV104, Events, Festivals, man, Oxen, Parade

Library Trustees board minutes, monthly report, January 1948

Library Trustees board minutes, monthly report, February 1948

Aerial Photographs of the circus tents and equipment, summer of 1954.

Tags: 1954, Aerial View, Circus, Circus Tents, Decatur IL., Entertainment, EV48, EV61, Events, Festivals, Ringling Bros.

Library Trustees board minutes, monthly report, August 1948

Tags: Agenda, August 1948, Binding and Mending, BM3982, board meeting, Book Stock, bookmobile, Bookmobile Statistics 1st month, Circulation, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Financial Statement, Minutes, Muriel Perry, Registration, View Masters/Slides

Library Trustees board minutes, monthly report, April 1948

Tags: Agenda, April 1948, Barn Colony Art, Binding and Mending, BM3981, board meeting, Book Account, bookmobile, Boy's and Girl's Room, Circulation, City library/county library, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Delahanty Company, Financial Statement, library hours, Minutes, Muriel Perry, Registration