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Flowers in the Garden #5

Photograph of flowers in a garden on June 2, 1949

Tags: 1949, Besalke Family Collection, flowers, garage, garden

Flowers in the Garden #4

Photograph of flowers in a garden on June 2, 1949.

Tags: 1949, Besalke Family Collection, flowers, garden

Flowers in the Garden #3

Photograph of flowers in a garden on June 2, 1949.

Tags: 1949, Besalke Family Collection, flowers, garden

Flowers in the Garden #2

Photograph of a garden full of flowers on June 2, 1949.

Tags: 1949, Besalke Family Collection, flowers, garden

Flowers in the Garden #1

Photograph of a garden on June 2, 1949.

Tags: 1949, Besalke Family Collection, flowers, garden

Flowers by the Back Door

Photograph of flowers by the door to the Roberts house in 1931.

Tags: 1931, 1985 W. Forest Ave., Decatur IL, flowers, Mabel Grubbs Roberts, Roberts Family Collection, Roberts house

Flowers Around the Front Door

Photograph of the flowers around the front door of the Roberts house.

Tags: 1985 W. Forest Ave., flowers, front door, Mabel Grubbs Roberts, Roberts Family Collection, Roberts house

Florence Peel

These are the glass negatives of Florence Peel. The photos were 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, Florence Peel, Glass Negative, negative, Wasson Studios, woman

Florence Palmer's Oral History

This is the oral history of Florence Palmer. She was interviewed by Betty Turnell on May 19, 1983. The interview focuses on her time as a missionary in India.

Tags: 1983, Adult literacy, Annual Conference, Asheville NC, ashram, attending the sick, Baroda India, Betty Turnell, Bible woman, bungalow, Carthage IL, Christian education, Christians, class distinctions, Decatur IL, elementary schools, elephant ride, Evanston IL, First United Methodist Church, Florence Palmer, Garrett Theological School, Gujarati language, Hinduism, Housing, India, Indian climate, Indian fashion, Indian food, Indian women, interview, Language School, Mahatma Ghandi, Malaria, master's degree, May 1983, medicine box, Methodist Church, mission hospitals, missionary, missionary education, Nashville TN, Northwestern University, oral history, reception for the Bishop, recording, retired missionaries, retirement, retirement home, Scarritt College, Standard Bearers, teaching, temperate climate, United Methodist Women, village leaders, Village Women's Institute, village work, Vishva Dharma Niketan

Florence North - Millikin University Freshman, Delta Delta Delta

These are the glass negatives of Florence North, a Millikin University Freshman, and s, andmember of the Delta Delta Delta sorority. The photos were taken by Charles Wasson of Wasson Studios in Decatur, IL in the early 1900s, and used in the…

Tags: c. 1910, Charles Wasson, Charles Wasson Photo Collection, Decatur IL, Delta Delta Delta, Florence North, Freshman, Glass Negative, Millidek, Millikin University, negative, Sorority, student, Wasson Studios, woman, yearbook

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