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Photo of 3 Cast Members of "Is Your Daughter Safe" Colonial Theatre
Photograph of three cast members of the play "Is Your Daughter Safe" performed at the Colonial Theatre the week of November 20, 1927. Cast: The Girl played by Vivian Winston; The Madam by Georgia O'Dell, and The Victim by Bernice Breacher.
Photo of Former Oakland Theatre now Lock Stock & Barrel.
Photograph of the former location of the Oakland Theatre now the Lock Stock and Barrel Restaurant, Oakland Ave., Decatur, IL.
Unidentified Business - Blacksmith Shop
Photograph of unidentified blacksmith shop. Blacksmith and helper are working on horses.
Photo of Church of the Latter Day Saints Building
Photograph of the Latter Day Saints church building taken during the winter.
Mrs. Carl C. Block (Jeanette Powers)
Photograph of Mrs. Carl C. Block holding her violin. She was Jeanette Powers before she married Carl Block. Mrs. Block died Aug 1, 1942. She lived in Peoria, formerly Decatur. She was Chairman of the Board of Directors of Block & Kuhl Department…
Henry C. Mowry
Photograph of Henry C. Mowry; (died in 1908). Prominent grain dealer of Forsyth, Illinois. In 1867 he bought an elevator in Forsyth. About 1895 he sold out to J. B. Good and later Good sold to the Shellabarger Elevator Co. Photo by VanDeventer of…
Rev. Joseph W. Van Cleve
Photograph of Rev. Joseph W. Van Cleve; (died 6/29/1926). Former pastor of the Grace Methodist church in Decatur. He was a member of the board of control of the Epworth League after 1896. He came to Decatur in 1903, and during pastorate here the…