Browse Items (8759 total)

Swede with the Contest Mail

http://omeka.decaturlibrary.org/files/original/2ecf6b28cc57613904dbba044a26c5b7.jpg
Photograph of Swede Besalke looking over the contest mail at the Herald and Review on March 14, 1955.

Swede Besalke

http://omeka.decaturlibrary.org/files/original/51a7d3101a7a33f2d28aba7c503b88ec.jpg
Photograph of Swede Besalke in his Herald and Review Building Department uniform at the Decatur Herald and Review in Decatur, IL .

Playing in the Lake

http://omeka.decaturlibrary.org/files/original/edfdec94bc4f0d8613d56378e4dc50d5.jpg
Negative of unknown people playing in the lake at the South Side Country Club in 1935.

Elks Club Kitchen

http://omeka.decaturlibrary.org/files/original/e8a0c4dc2181afa87cd98c996ac25cc1.jpg
Negative of two unknown women working in the Elk Club's kitchen in 1948.

William Besalke Retires from the Wabash Locomotive Shops

http://omeka.decaturlibrary.org/files/original/03bb44950a70ddd4f624eab3d232610b.jpg
Photograph of William Besalke taken on June 14, 1945 when he retired from Wabash locomotive shop after working there for more than 46 years as a blacksmith welder.

Spectators in a Field

http://omeka.decaturlibrary.org/files/original/2b21c724536ecafb21c43a5d4c2437ab.jpg
Negative of a group of spectators by their cars in a field. Possibly taken at Kiick Field.

Photos Greek Orthodox Church Exterior and Interior

CH139-GREEK_ORTHADOX_CHURCH_8-1-1967_20210427 copy.jpg
Photographs of the Greek Orthodox Church building exterior and interior.

David C. Moffitt

http://omeka.decaturlibrary.org/files/original/81d07fd464579142fab556b819229a79.jpg
Photograph of David C. Moffitt. Elected Mayor of Decatur in 1893. He was in the brick manufacturing and brick building contracting work. Erected several of the schoolhouses of Decatur. Active in Odd Fellows Lodge.