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Photos of Fosters Furniture Store Building.

Photographs of Fosters Furniture

Tags: 143 E. Main St., 6/10/1947, 8/26/1952, BS1466, BS1467, building, Business, Decatur IL., Fosters Furniture, Furniture Store

J.C. Hostetler's Oral History

This is the oral history of J.C. Hostetler. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on February 20, 1985. The interview includes his family history, childhood, and career in insurance and banking.

Tags: 1985, 250 W. Prairie Ave., 4F, Albany Medical College, Bank Moritorium, Baseball, Bedford IN, Betty Turnell, bond salesman, Brigadier General Albert Decatur Kniskern, business courses, changes in banking, Chicago IL, Chief Surgeon, childhood, Cincinnati OH, city planning commission, Decatur IL, draft, estate work, Everett Mueller, family history, February 1985, Football, Great Depression, Halsey-Stuart and Company, Henry W. Waggoner, interview, J.C. Hostetler, John Hancock Life, Joseph C. Hostetler, law school, Liberal Arts College, Mayor, Middle States School of Banking, Millikin National Bank, Millikin University, Minnie I. Waggoner, Miss S.E. Kenney, modern banking, Monaham foreclosures, Mueller Company, National Life of Vermont, neighborhood, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, Northwestern University, oral history, Prudential Insurance Company of America, Quartermaser General's Packing House Division, recording, Robert B. Hostetler, suppurating ear, Susan May Newland, Union College, University of Illinois, University of Minnesota, University of Wisconsin, Wabash Railroad, William B. Hostetler, World War I, WWI, Zone 7 Supply Depot Quartermaster Corps

Three Children On Stairs - by Charles L. Wasson, International Stereograph Co.

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Photograph of "Three Children On Stairs" by Charles L. Wasson, International Stereograph Co., Photo File: Biography, Decatur, IL.

Tags: biography, C. L. Wasson, Charles L. Wasson, Decatur IL., International Stereograph Co., Three Children On Stairs

Photo of M/Sgt. Charles R. Kinney in uniform

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Herald and Review Library: Kinney, M/Sgt. Charles R., Article on back of photo: "Master Sgt. Charles r. Kinney, whose brother, William, lives at 556 East Leafland avenue, recently assisted in the killing of 12 Japanese near his squadron area,…

Tags: Decatur IL., New Guinea, Philippines, World War II, WWII

Installation of the 1952-1953 Zonta Officers

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Photograph of the installation of the 1952-1953 Zonta Club officers in April 1952. The installing officer is Past President Mrs. Bethel Riedel. Seated left to right: Muriel Perry, Rubye Mochel. Standing left to right: Frances Falvey, Bertha…

Tags: 1952, associations, Bertha Richey, Bethel Riedel, Eunice Kastler, Frances Falvey, installation, Muriel Perry, officers, Photo File: Associations, Rubye Mochel, Zonta Club

Postcard from Henry and Johnny to William - January 29, 1919 - discharged information

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This is a postcard from Henry and Johnny to William letting William know that they are being discharged and are being sent to Fort Washington.

Tags: 1919, Athens IL, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, discharge, Fort Washington, Henry Hibbs, Hibbs Personal Papers, January 29, Johnny Hibbs, Maryland, postcard, Williams Hibbs, YMCA

Photographs of the Interior of Decatur High School

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Photographs of the interior of Decatur High School including the gym, auditorium, the girls locker room, a science classroom and the music room taken around 1940.