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Photos of Decatur Transfer House, 1962.

Photographs of the Decatur Transfer House, Decatur, IL.

Tags: 1962, CG61, CG62, City Council, City Government, Decatur City Council, Decatur IL., Macon County IL., Transfer House

Richard Rodgers' Oral History #1 - Transcription

This is the transcription of Richard Rodgers' first oral history. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on February 8 and 15, 1984. The interview includes his childhood, Decatur around World War I, and his work with Linn and Scruggs.

Tags: 1984, air conditioning, automobiles, Baseball, Betty Turnell, Bijoux Theatre, Blue Book, board room, childhood, chimes, Clothing, Coal Mines, cook's stove, Decatur Civic Orchestra, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Downtown, electricity, Empress Theatre, family orchestra, February 1984, Federal Home Loan Act, Feltman and Curm, FHA, First Methodist Church broadcast, Great Depression, Gushard Building, Gushard store, homogenization, Interurban, interview, John Philip Sousa's band, Lincoln Square, Lincoln Theatre, Linn and Scruggs, marimba, Millikin Orchestra, Millikin University, Music, Musician, Newspapers, oboe, OH75, oral history, pasteurization, public transportation, Pugh School, Radio, recording, refrigeration, Richard Rodgers, Roosevelt Junior High School, salt water taffy, shoe repair, Shoe Store, Shoes, shopping, sound recording, sound recordings, Stephen Decatur High School, Street Cars, Swarthout Brothers, telephones, The Anvil Chorus, transcription, Transfer House, triangle, unpaved streets, vaudeville theatre, vitaphone programs, WJBL station, World War I, WWI, xylophone

Mrs. Jane Lee's Oral History - Transcription

This is the transcription 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, Daughters of the American Revolution, Decatur and Macon County Hospital, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, DHS, DMCH, 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 Gorman, Herald & Review, 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 Church, Women's Relief Corps, World War I, WWI

Photos of N. Main St., Decatur, IL.

Photograph 100 Block N. Main St., 1912. Photograph 300 Block N. Main St. during Woodmen's Parade in 1892. Photograph 300 Block N. Main photo by Wasson Studio. Photograph of horse drawn wagons 300 Block N. Main. Photograph N. Main looking north from…

Tags: 10/16/1914, 100 Block N. Main, 12/1/1912, 1915, 300 Block N. Main, 7/4/1892, Bell Drug, Herald and Review Building, Horse & Wagons, ST734, ST735, ST736, ST737, ST738, ST739, Streets, Transfer House, Wasson Studio, Woodmen's Parade

Photos of Historic Landmarks.

Photograph of old automobiles with the transfer house in the back ground. Photograph looking down on Transfer House, bus and cars. Photograph of new construction Lincoln Square.

Tags: 3/14/1961, 5/3/1952, 6//1923, Historic Landmarks, HL24, HL25, HL26, Lincoln Square, Main & Main, New Construction, Transfer House