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Heston I. Baldwin
Photograph of Heston I. Baldwin (d. 3/27/1933), a prominent grain dealer and owner of the Baldwin Elevator Co. He served as an official on several state and national grain associations, and on the board of the D&MC Hospital. Baldwin was active in…
William G. Bachman
Photograph of William G. Bachman (b. 12/21/1864, d. 7/8/1934). He was a furniture dealer, and owned a company on the southwest corner of N. Main and Prairie. This site later became Linn & Scruggs. The photo was taken by Vandeventer.
Darius Aungst
Photograph of Darius Aungst (d. 9/24/1935). He was an undertaker, and traveled extensively throughout the United States and Hawaii. Aungst lived in Decatur for 72 years at 1325 E. Prairie St.
Spectators in a Field
Negative of a group of spectators by their cars in a field. Possibly taken at Kiick Field.
Spectators at the Kiick Field at Wyckles Corner
Negative of spectators at Kiick Field at Wyckles Corner watching an airshow.
Two Men With an Old Airplane
Negative of a photograph of two men with an old airplane in a field near some houses in 1918.
Decatur Pilot Air School
Negative of unknown students and a teacher at the U.S. Dept. of Commerce Civil Aeronautics Decatur Pilot Air School in the 1940s.
Moody Brothers with Plane
Photograph of the Moody Brothers and an unknown man with standing by the tail of an airplane with an automobile in the background.