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Ida, Scott(?), and Mabelle

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Photograph of Mabel, Ida, and Scott (Leonard) Grubbs

Tags: Decatur IL, Grubbs family, Ida Grubbs, Leonard Grubbs, Mabel Grubbs, Mabelle Grubbs, Roberts Family Collection, Scott Grubbs, Walter's Studio

Ida Kelck

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This is the glass negative of Ida Kelck. The photo was taken by Charles Wasson of Wasson Studios in Decatur, IL in the early 1900s.

Tags: c. 1910, Charles Wasson, Charles Wasson Photo Collection, Decatur IL, Glass Negative, Ida Kelck, negative, Wasson Studios, woman

Ida Grubbs With Her Dog on a Riverbank.

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Photograph of Ida Grubbs with her dog on a riverbank.

Tags: dog, Grubbs family, Ida Grubbs, Mabel Grubbs Roberts, riverbank, Roberts Family Collection

IBM Independent Survey Board of Trustees

Tags: A. D. Ater, board, Board of Trustees, Book Ordering, Borrower Registration, Circulation Control, circulation statistics, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Encumbrances, Equipment and Personnel, Expense Report, February 1961, IBM Independent Survey, Mary T. Howe, Post Due Notices, Purpose and Scope

IBM Agreement October 1958

Tags: board, Board of Trustees, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, document, IBM Agreement, Mary T. Howe, October 1958

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

I.H. May - Family

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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. A. Wallins (Isador Abraham)

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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

Hy Brown Erickson in Los Angeles, CA

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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

Hugh Baker's Oral History

This is the oral history of Hugh Baker. 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, oral history, pasteurization, Plant 3, public parks, recording, Recreation, retirement, Roosevelt Junior High School, Salvation Army board, sanitary conditions, South Shores, sterilization, tenant's house, The Mueller Land Improvement Trust, University of Michigan, World War I

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