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Photograph of Memorial Tablet - Jacob Henry Coonradt

Photo of Memorial Tablet for Jacob Henry Coonradt. This tablet hangs in the Decatur High School, was given in appreciation of the long teaching service Coonradt had given to the school. He taught there from Sept 5, 1881 to Dec 22, 1916. Photo by…

Tags: 1881-1916, 1925, Biography H&R 6/16/1974, Decatur High School, Decatur IL., Died 1932, educator, Head of Science Dept., Herald and Review, Jacob H. Coonradt, Memorial Tablet, Schools, Teacher, Weather Observer, Weather Statistican, Wrote Qualitative Analysis of Chemistry

Construction of Decatur High School Gymnasium Known as Kintner Gym 1940.

Photographs of the construction of "Kintner Gym" in 1940.

Tags: 1940, Decatur High School, Decatur IL., Herald and Review, Kintner Gym, New Gym Construction, Schools

Photograph of William F. Smith Track Coach DHS in 1910.

Photo of William F. Smith. "He became track team coach at Decatur High School in 1910. he was also a physics teacher."

Tags: 1910, Decatur High School, Decatur IL., Herald and Review, Physics Teacher, track coach, Wamsley & Wasson, William F. Smith

Photograph of Brush College #1

Photo of Brush College #1 with children and teachers, Christmas eve 12/24/1939.

Tags: 12/24/1939, 1939, Brush College, Brush College #1, building, Children, Christmas Eve, Decatur IL., Dist No 60, Herald and Review, Photo File: Schools, Schools, Superior Elementary School, Teachers

Photograph of Brush College #1 --1889

Photo of Brush College #1 taken 6/4/1889 with teachers and children.

Tags: 6/4/1889, Brush College #1, building, Children, Decatur IL., Herald and Review, Photo File: Schools, Schools, Teachers

Photograph of Brush College #1 Staff

Photo of Teaching Staff taken on Sept 10, 1961, Brush College #1, Decatur, IL. Front Row Seated L-R: unknown, Lorraine Brown, Mrs. Warnick, Mary Williams, Rachel Smith, Mrs. Clark, unknown, Roy Schilling. Back Row Standing L-R: unknown, Mildred Cave,…

Painting Stripes on Pavement

Man running a paint stripping machine.

Tags: 1920's, BRD07, Decatur IL., Herald and Review, Machinery, Macon County, maintenance, Paint Stripping Machine, RD07A, RD07B, Road Stripping, Roads

Building a Road

Roads--Machinery 1912 - Photo ran in the Review May 3, 1912.

Tags: 1912, 5/3/1912, Demonstration, Herald and Review, Machinery, Macon County, Men, Road Building, Roads

Decatur Public Library Board of Trustees Meeting on June 15, 2006.

Board of Trustees, Decatur Public Library Monthly Meeting on June 15, 2006.

Tags: 6/15/2006, Agenda, Board Minutes, Board of Trustees, Chapter VIII, City Librarian Report, Committee Reports, Decatur IL., Decatur Public Library, Expenses, Herald and Review, Macon County Prevailing Wages, prevailing wage rates, public notice, Public Relations and Marketing, Revenue

Mrs. Jane Lee's Oral History - Recording

This is the recording of the oral history of Mrs. Jane Lee. She was interviewed by Robert Williams on January 31, 1990. The interview includes her life in Decatur, and working for the Herald and Review.

Tags: "HMS Pinafore", "Little Prince", "Quality Street", "Red Mill", 1990, Alex Van Praag Sr., Armistice Day, Betty Jo Eickenberry, Central Railroad Depot, childhood, classified ad department, DAR, Decatur and Macon County Hospital, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Dr. Jones, Elmer Nickel, Ethel Parkinson, Fires, Freda Douthit, GAR, Glee Club, Governor Oglesby Mansion board, Grand Army of the Republic, Great Depression, grocery stores, H.C. Schaub, Helen Gorham, Herald and Review, home birth, Howard Millard, ice block, Illinois Central Railroad, Indian schools, international traveling, Interurban, Interurban station, interview, January 1990, Jeanette MacDonald, Lake Decatur, Lincoln School, Linn and Scruggs, Louise Fyke, Macon County Conservation District, Macon County Hospital, Macon County Newsletter, Marietta School, Moweaqua mine disaster, Mrs. Jane Lee, Mt. Zion IL, OH91, oral history, plays, Poetry, poetry club, recording, Red Cross, Robert Williams, Roosevelt Junior High School, Shellabarger Mansion, sound recording, St. Mary's Auxiliary, stalker, Stephen Decatur Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, streetcar, Switchboard, Toonerville Trolley, transcription, Transfer House, traveling, typing, Westminster Presbyterian Women, Women's Relief Corp, World War I

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