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John, Richard, and Paula on Christmas

Photograph of John, Richard, and Paula Gale Wittke in front of the Christmas tree.

Johnny Mercer

Photograph of Johnny Mercer "Johnny Mercer, musician, writer of musical sketches for Paul Whiteman's orchestra, singer in Benny Goodman's orchestra, later worked with Bob Crosby on CBS, wrote lyrics for Jeepers Creepers, I'm An Old Cow Hand, Laura,…

Joni Quintenz

Photograph of Joni Quintenz Sadorus Homecoming Queen candidate St. Teresa High School. Married George P. Sadorus, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Sadorus. She worked for Block & Kuhl Co. George worked at Macon Arms. Joni (born 3/10/1937; died 2/17/2015;…

Joseph B. Dinges

Photograph of Joseph B. Dinges (d. 11/6/1916). He was the nephew of W.H. Linn, the founder of Linn & Scruggs, and worked for him in his store for many years. He later had a grocery business with James Coop that was sold to Bradley Bros. Later in…

Joseph Means - U.S. Army

This is the glass negative of Joseph Means, a U.S. Army soldier in his uniform. He was a member of Battery D, 75th Artillery. The photo was taken by Charles Wasson of Wasson Studios in Decatur, IL c. 1918.

Joseph Michl

Photo of Joseph Michl (born. March 17, 1831; died 1/12/1914) obituary in the Decatur Herald on 1/13/1914; p.3. Joseph Michl started the cigar business 1858.

Joseph Mills

Photograph of Joseph Mills (died July 6, 1913). Veteran Decatur lumberman. He bought land at the corner of N. Main and William Streets in 1853 and started a carpenter shop. He was a contractor and building until 1878. During this time he erected,…

Josephine Huddleston

These are the glass negatives of Josephine Huddleston. The photos were taken by Charles Wasson of Wasson Studios in Decatur, IL in the early 1900s.

Josephine Huddleston

These are the glass negatives of Josephine Huddleston. The photo was taken by Charles Wasson of Wasson Studios in Decatur, IL in the early 1900s.