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Industry - Comet Auto Company/Essex Wire Company - 800 E. Garfield

This is the historical account of the industries at 800 E. Garfield

This is the historical account of the industry at 740 E. North

Tags: Alfred Sol Tick, articles, Charlotte Meyer, Charlotte Meyer Collection, Decatur Coffin Company, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, History, Margaret Meyer, O Z Green, photos, Progressive Decatur, Robert Green, T T Roberts, wooden coffins

This is the historical account of the industries at 600 to 660 E. William St.

Tags: articles, C C Burroughs, Central Iron Works, Charlotte Meyer, Charlotte Meyer Collection, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Decatur Review, E T Coleman, History, James Millikin, Margaret Meyer, photos, Progressive Decatur, The Story of Decatur, Union Iron Works

This is the historical account of the industries at 1800 E. Garfield

Photographs of Miscellaneous WPA projects.

Tags: Civil Defense Ambulance Drivers Class, Decatur IL, Municipal Band, Sewer Projects, WPA Projects

Photographs of Ladies at Book Sale and Classroom Instructions.

Tags: book sale, Classroom Instruction, Decatur IL., Ladies in Class, Ladies Looking at Books, WPA Projects

Photograph of people preparing to plant gardens.

Tags: 5/31/1940, Community Gardens, Decatur IL., gardening, Planting Gardens, WPA Project

Photographs: Cooking Class, Art Class (Painting), Removing Street Car Tracks, Men Waiting for their pay checks.

Tags: 1936, 1940, Art Class (Painting), Cooking Class, Decatur IL., Home Economics, Men Waiting For Paychecks, Payday, Removing Street Car Tracks, road work, WPA Projects

The dedication of Lincoln Trail Homestead State Park and Memorial and creation of a replica cabin and cabin removal.

This is the historical account of the public building structure at #1 Central Park