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Photos of Sunday School Field Day Activities c. 1910.

Photographs of men playing baseball, jumping rope and the concession stand during the Sunday School field days in 1910.

Tags: audience, Baseball, c. 1910, Concessions, crowd, EN35, EN36, EN37, EN38, EN39, EN42, Entertainment, Recreation, Rope Jumping, Sunday School Field Day

Photo of Man Playing Pinball Machine

Photograph of man playing on a pinball machine and another man watching.

Tags: Decatur IL., EN29, Entertainment, Game, Pinball, Pinball Machine, Player, Recreation

Photo of Kids Jumping on Trampolines

Photograph of kids jumping on trampolines at a trampoline court. Article published on July 27, 1960, there were three trampoline courts with a fourth in the works. There was one located at 1001 E. Pershing Road.

Tags: Decatur IL., E. Pershing Road, EN28, Entertainment, Exercise, Joe Lambert, Recreation, Trampoline Courts, Trampolines

Photo of Sleighing Party, 900 Block N. Church.

Photograph of people surround a horse and sleigh in the 900 block of N. Church St., Decatur, IL.

Tags: 900 Block N. Church, Children, Decatur IL., EN27, Entertainment, Herald and Review, Horse and Sleigh, Recreation, Sleighing Party

Hugh Baker's Oral History - Transcription

This is the transcription of Hugh Baker's oral history. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on June 28, 1985. The interview includes his time working for the Mueller Company, and his father's dairy farm.

Tags: 1985, alcoholism committees, automobiles, Betty Turnell, building homes, changes to milking, Chatanooga TN, childhood, City Milk Inspector, civic boards, company town, Construction, Cows, Dairy Farm, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Decatur Mental Health Center, diptheria, electricity, epidemic, family life, farm, farmhouse, farming, Great Depression, harvest dinners, hired hands, hobbies, Hugh Baker, interview, June 1985, Liberty Bonds, marine engineering, Mary W. French School, mechanical engineering, Milk Delivery, Mueller City, Mueller Company, Mueller family, Mueller IL, Mueller Pottery Plant, naval architecture, OH65, oral history, pasteurization, Plant 3, public parks, recording, Recreation, retirement, Roosevelt Junior High School, Salvation Army Band, sanitary conditions, sound recording, South Shores, sterilization, tenant's house, The Mueller Land Improvement Trust, transcription, University of Michigan, World War I, WWI

Photos of the Herald and Review Baseball Teams

Photo of the baseball bleachers and spectators watching the Herald and Review Baseball Team. Group photograph of the Review baseball team. Photograph BS503: "Review --Baseball Team--Review Boy's Baseball League--St. Patrick's Bulldogs--1925…

Tags: 1925 Champions, Baseball League, Baseball Team, BS501, BS502, BS503, Bulldogs, Business, Group Photo, Herald and Review, Newspaper, Recreation, Review Team, St. Patrick's

League of Women Voters - Project - Urban Renewal - 1957 to 1965

This is the historical account of the League of Women Voters of Macon County in Decatur

Tags: 1957, Air Service, Amusements and Recreation, Association of commerce of Decatur Illinois, Banks, brochure, Bus Service, Business indicators for Decatur, Capital expenditures 1955 to 1969, Census facts, Churches, climate, Communications, Cultural activities, Decatur's future, Economic developments, education, Electrical Power, Family income, Farm data, Federal reserve report, Financial institutions, Gas, government, Highways state and federal, Historical, Hospitals, Hotels and Motels, Housing, League of Women Voters, Location, Market data, Motor freight service, natural resources, Newspapers, parks, population, projects, Radio and Television, Railroads, Recreation, Religions cultural and social, Retail trade area, Retailers occupation tax, Sewers, Social Welfare, Soil and crops, State and federal offices, Streets and highways, Taxation, Telephone and telegraph, Transportation, Urban renewal, Urban renewal workshop fact sheet, Utilities, Water

Photo of A. E. Staley Baseball Team

Photograph of the A. E. Staley Baseball Team.

Tags: A. E. Staley Mfg. Co., Baseball, BS2306, Business, Decatur IL., Manufacturing, Recreation, Staley Commies

League of Women Voters - Projects - Consensus Projects - County Jail - 1983

This is a historical account of the League of Women Voters of Macon County in Decatur

Tags: 1983, Alternatives, Alternatives to Incarceration, Background Support, Barbara Ohlsen, Cleanliness, Committee By-Laws, Committee Draft Notes, Community Corrections Act, Community Corrections Act HB 2726, Conclusions, Consensus Projects, Correctional Health Services, Correctional Industries, Correctional Officers, Counseling Services, County Jail Report Analysis of HB 2317, County Jail Survey, County Jail Survey completed, Criminal Justice Memo, Criminal Justice News, Data, Division of Responsibilities, Draft Summary, education, Female Commitments to IDOC, Florence Cox, Food Services, Health care, Highlights, IDOC, Inmate Grievance Procedure, Inspection Report, instructions, Karen McKinney, League of Women Voters, Length of Stay, LWV Bulletin 1984, Macon County Jail Review, Marg Coberly, Mary Coberly, McClean County Jail Watch Committee, McLean County Jail, Medical Services, mental health, Millie Protzman, Mission Statement, Periodic Imprisonment, Phones and Visits, Physical Facilities, Points to Make, Presentation of Report, Prison tour, projects, Public Defender Report on McClean County, Recreation, Social Services, Survey questions, Time for Action, Update on Criminal Justice Further

Photos of Ragsdale Roller Rink located in a tent. Ragsdale Roller Rink for later located at 480 E. North St.

Photographs of the tent that housed Ragsdale Roller Rink. Ragsdale Roller Rink was located later at 480 E. North St. In 1947 Harold Ragsdale sold the Roller Rink to J. H. Kaericher and the name was changed to Regal Roller Rink.

Tags: 1947, 480 E. North St., BS2043, BS2044, Business, Decatur IL., Entertainment, Harold Ragsdale, J. H. Kaericher, Ragsdale Roller Rink, Recreation, Regal Roller Rink

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