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Hamilton E. Adams

Photograph of Hamilton E. Adams, taken by Vandeventer Studios of Decatur IL, and published in the Decatur Daily Review on January 4, 1928. Adams was a retired farmer from Piatt County, and lived at 252 E. Condit St. in Decatur. He was a member of…

Captain T.J. Abel

Photograph of Captain T.J. Abel taken by Rembrandt's of Decatur, and used in the Decatur Daily Review on October 27, 1925. Capt. Abel was a veteran of the Civil War, and member of Abel & Locke, a carpet, wallpaper, and drapery dealer. He later went…

Mrs. T.J. (Susan) Abel

Photograph of Mrs. T.J. (Susan) Abel. She was the wife of Civil War veteran Capt. T.J. Abel, and prominent in the Womens' Relief Corps. Mrs. Abel was also the mother of Mrs. C.A. Wait. The photograph was taken by Vandeventer Studios in Decatur,…

Spectators in a Field

Negative of a group of spectators by their cars in a field. Possibly taken at Kiick Field.

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.

Hendrian Monoplane

Negative of a photograph of two men with the Hendrian monoplane on August 6, 1911.

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.