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Hugh Baker's Oral History - Recording

This is the recording of Hugh Baker's oral history. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on June 28, 1985. The interview includes his time working for the Mueller Company, and his father's dairy farm.

Tags: 1985, alcoholism committees, automobiles, Betty Turnell, building homes, changes to milking, Chatanooga TN, childhood, City Milk Inspector, civic boards, company town, Construction, Cows, Dairy Farm, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Decatur Mental Health Center, diptheria, electricity, epidemic, family life, farm, farmhouse, farming, Great Depression, harvest dinners, hired hands, hobbies, Hugh Baker, interview, June 1985, Liberty Bonds, marine engineering, Mary W. French School, mechanical engineering, Milk Delivery, Mueller City, Mueller Company, Mueller family, Mueller IL, Mueller Pottery Plant, naval architecture, OH65, oral history, pasteurization, Plant 3, public parks, recording, Recreation, retirement, Roosevelt Junior High School, Salvation Army board, sanitary conditions, sound recording, South Shores, sterilization, tenant's house, The Mueller Land Improvement Trust, transcription, University of Michigan, World War I

Hugh Baker's Oral History - Transcription

This is the transcription of Hugh Baker's oral history. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on June 28, 1985. The interview includes his time working for the Mueller Company, and his father's dairy farm.

Tags: 1985, alcoholism committees, automobiles, Betty Turnell, building homes, changes to milking, Chatanooga TN, childhood, City Milk Inspector, civic boards, company town, Construction, Cows, Dairy Farm, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Decatur Mental Health Center, diptheria, electricity, epidemic, family life, farm, farmhouse, farming, Great Depression, harvest dinners, hired hands, hobbies, Hugh Baker, interview, June 1985, Liberty Bonds, marine engineering, Mary W. French School, mechanical engineering, Milk Delivery, Mueller City, Mueller Company, Mueller family, Mueller IL, Mueller Pottery Plant, naval architecture, OH65, oral history, pasteurization, Plant 3, public parks, recording, Recreation, retirement, Roosevelt Junior High School, Salvation Army Band, sanitary conditions, sound recording, South Shores, sterilization, tenant's house, The Mueller Land Improvement Trust, transcription, University of Michigan, World War I, WWI

Hy Brown Erickson in Los Angeles, CA

Photograph of Hy Brown Erickson next to an automobile in Los Angeles, CA.

Tags: automobile, Hy Brown Erickson, Los Angeles CA, Mabel Grubbs Roberts, Roberts Family Collection

I. A. Wallins (Isador Abraham)

Photograph of I. A. (Isadore Abraham) Wallins; Decatur agent for New York Life Insurance Co. In 1909 he purchased the Zuckerman women's ready-to-wear business at 151 N. Water and changed the name to Wallins and Co. He quit this business in 1915. In…

Tags: 151 N. Water St., Atlass-Wallins Co., biography, Council of Social Agencies, Decatur IL., Family Welfare Assn., grocery business, I. A. Wallins, I. A. Wallins Inc., insurance, Isadore Abraham Wallins, Lewis J. Burstein, Lindquist Studio, Macon County Red Cross, New York Life Insurance Co., O.P.A. Macon County IL., Zuckerman Clothing

I.H. May - Family

This is the glass negative of the family of I.H. May. The photo includes a man, woman, 3 girls, and a boy. The photo was taken by Charles Wasson of Wasson Studios in Decatur, IL in the early 1900s.

Tags: 3 girls, boy, c. 1910, Charles Wasson, Charles Wasson Photo Collection, Children, Decatur IL, family, Girls, Glass Negative, I.H. May, man, negative, three girls, Wasson Studios, woman

I.N. Irwin

Photograph of I.N. Irwin (d. 9/18/1931), a prominent Decatur druggist for 50 years. Partner in the Irwin Drug Co. with his brother, S.M. Irwin, and bought his brother's interest in 1892. In 1929, he sold a share of the business to Delos Cozad, and…

Tags: 101 E. Prairie Ave., 1917, 949 N. Water St., biography, Bushway Flavoring Extract Co., Coca-Cola, Decatur Herald and Review, Decatur IL, Delos Cozad, druggist, I.N.Irwin, ice cream soda, Irwin Drug Co., Irwin-Cozad Drug Store, Photo File: Biography, S.M. Irwin, Vandeventer