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Central Park - Christmas
This is a photograph of the fountain in Central Park decorated for Christmas. The photo was taken by Decatur Herald & Review.
Dreamland Park
This is a photograph of Dreamland Park showing the amusement park in the background and men in row boats on Dreamland Lake. The photo was taken by Decatur Herald & Review on March 12, 1916. Dreamland Park was later added to Fairview Park.
Fairview Park - Enjoying the Park
These are negatives of people enjoying Fairview Park. The photos were taken in 1943 and 1968 by Decatur Herald & Review.
Fairview Park - Scenes 1896
These photos of Fairview Park were taken by the Herald or Daily Review in 1896.
Fairview Park - Croquet
This photograph shows a man playing croquet on June 20, 1960 in Fairview Park.
John Harmon Kiick
Photograph of John Harmon Kiick (b. 8/7/1860, d. 9/5/1936). The son of John Kiick of Mt. Pulaski, IL, Kiick was a wealthy farmer who leased 230 acres of his land to be used as an airport. The airport was named Kiick Airport, and was on Rt. 36 and…
Henry D. and Emma Dunham
Photograph of Henry D. (d. 5/5/1934) and Emma Dunham (d. 4/28/1937). Henry D. was the oldest living Wabash veteran at the time of his death, and helped build the tracks in 1853. He was the brother of Amos Dunham, for whom Dunham Post 141 of the…
Edward Danner
Photograph of Edward Danner (b. 6/21/1869, d. 6/1932). He came to Decatur in 1900, resided there until 1928 when he moved to Columbus, OH. He was the state manager for Aultman and Taylor Threshing Machine Co. He became the director of the…
Will H. Coonradt
Photograph of Will H. Coonradt (b. 1876, d. 6/14/1942) with an unknown girl. He came to Decatur in 1882, and worked for the Decatur Daily Review as the circulation manager for 21 years. The photo ran in the Decatur Daily Review on June 23, 1929.
Lewis E. Coonradt
Photograph of Dr. Lewis E. Coonradt (b. 10/23/1870, d. 6/8/1943) standing with a weather box. He was the son of Jacob H. Coonradt, and opened a dentist office in the Fenton Block on Water St in August 1895. He became the official weather man of…