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Amherst Hardy's Oral History - Recording

This is the recording of Amherst Hardy's oral history. He was interviewed by Robert Williams on February 28, 1990. The interview includes his early life, working for the Herald and Review, and his experience during World War II.

Tags: 1990, Amherst Hardy, amphibian forces, assembly plants, Associated Press A-Wire, Barracks, bill collector, Blue Book, Bob Barracks, Bob Yoder, Buryl Engleman, Buses, carnivals, CCC Camp, changes to Decatur, Circus, city hall, Civilian Concentration Corp, Comet automobile, David Felts, Decatur Herald and Review, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Dennis School, destroyer tender repair ship, English major, Espirito Santo, February 1990, flash signals, Football, Forrest Kyle, Great Depression, H. Allen Smith, ham radio, hospital evacuation ship, Howard Millard, interurban line, interview, Jane Lee, Japan, Jeffry automobile, Jitney buses, John Stacey hanging, Kennedy Assassination, Kintner Gymnasium, Layah Riggs, Lincoln Theater, Millikin University, Morse code, Moweaqua coal mine collapse, Mr. Lindsay, Navy, newsboys, newspaper plant, OH58, old courthouse, oral history, Otto Kyle, Pan-American automobile, Paul Aird, police beat, prize fights, Prohibition, PWA, radio man, recording, reporter, Robert Williams, Roosevelt Junior High School, Roosevelt New Deal Program, Sam Tucker, SATC, Shellabarger Building, short wave radio, sound recording, Streetcars, Student Army Training Corps, telegraph reporter, transcription, trip to Maine, vaccinating pigs, Veterinarian, wooden block pavement, World War I, World War II, WPA, WWI, WWII

Photographs from 1934 Circus

Photographs from the circus in 1934. One of the circus parade at the 400 block of N. Main st. Another photo of a group of people gathered at the circus.

Tags: 1934, 400 Block N. Main, Circus, Decatur IL, EV24, EV43, EV44, Events, Festivals, Main St, Parade, Photo File: Events/Festivals, Tom Mix

Aerial Photographs of a Circus North of St Theresa High School

Aerial photographs of a circus north of St. Theresa High School in Decatur taken in August of 1954.

Tags: 1954, aerial, Circus, Decatur IL, EV39, EV39A, EV39B, EV39C, EV39D, Events, Festivals, Photo File: Events/Festivals, St. Theresa, St. Theresa High School

Photos Hagenback & Wallace Circus

Photograph taken during the Hagenback & Wallace Circus in April of 1938 of horses next to a train as people watch. Photograph of an elephant being led off the circus train while people watched.

Tags: 1938, Circus, Decatur IL, Elephant, EV42, EV62, Events, Festivals, Hagenback, Hagenback & Wallace Circus, horses, Photo File: Events/Festivals, train, Wallace