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Photos of Grove's Restaurant Restaurant and Gas Station located at the corner of Pershing Road and N. Water St.

Photographs of Grove's Restaurant Building with the gas pumps in front, located on Pershing Road and N. Water St. (Rt 51).

Tags: BS1526, BS1527, BS334, Buildings, Business, Decatur IL., Grove's Restaurant, Pershing & Rt. 51, Photo File: Business, Restaurant

Darryl Barbee resignation letter - July 2011

This is the resignation letter from Darryl Barbee dated July 2011. He is moving and is resigning from the Board of Trustees and The Foundation Board.

Tags: board of directors, Board of Trustees, Darryl Barbee, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Foundation Board, July 2011, Lee Ann Fisher, resignation letter

Art Class and Art Exhibit Woodrow Wilson Junior High School.

Woodrow Wilson Art Class and Art Exhibit

Tags: Art Class, art exhibit, Bulletin Board, Dana Evans, Decatur IL., Decatur Public Schools, DPL#61, May 1962, Schools, Sketching, Woodrow Wilson Jr. High School

Fire Alarm Service and Diagnoses Email January 2011. Proposal for cost and labor.

This is the email proposal from Dale Johnson of the cost and labor for the fire alarm service and diagnoses from D. M. Mattson, INC. January 2011.

Tags: board of directors, Board of Trustees, cost and labor, D.M. Mattson, Dale Johnson, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, email, Fire alarm service and diagnoses, Inc., January 2011, Lee Ann Fisher, Proposal

Photo aerial of downtown Decatur, on a postcard.

Photograph on a postcard. Aerial view of downtown Decatur, taken in 1988.

Tags: 1988, Aerial View, Buildings, Decatur Celebration, Decatur IL., downtown Decatur, Photo File: Buildings

Grandmother Maddox and Mabel

Photograph of Grandmother Maddox and Mabel Grubbs

Tags: Cottage Gallery, Decatur IL, family, Grandmother Maddox, Grubbs family, Mabel Grubbs, Roberts Family Collection

Mabel as a Baby

Photograph of Mabel Grubbs as a baby. The photograph was taken by Cottage Gallery in Decatur, IL.

Tags: Cottage Gallery, Decatur IL, Grubbs family, Mabel Grubbs, Roberts Family Collection

Photograph of men taking a shower

Photograph of five men taking a shower with another man operating the water. This is a picture post card, language on front and back is French. Translation: "If there is not a committee of the Society of the Red Cross or other Society for the Relief…

Tags: 1917-1918, Combattants, Decatur IL., France, Hot Shower, Humanitarian Relief, Hygiene, Red Cross, Society for the Relief of War, World War I, WWI

Thank you letter - Communities in Partnership - November 1995

This is a thank you letter from Communities Partnership for the use of the public library auditorium for their training and educational sessions November 1995.

Tags: 1995, Auditorium, board of directors, Board of Trustees, Communities Partnership, Community Services Network, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, educational sessions, John Moorman, Mental Health Association, November 1995, Thank you letter, Training

Postcard from Henry to William - October 2, 1917 - Decatur IL

This is a postcard from Henry Hibbs to William Hibbs letting William know that he has arrived in Decatur IL and does not know when "they will call again". The date of the postcard is October 2, 1917. Their is a picture of the American Flag on the…

Tags: "old glory", 1917, Chicago, Commercial Colortype Co., Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, discharge information, Flag, Henry Hibbs, Hibbs Personal Papers, October 2, William Hibbs

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