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Attendance Record Properties Committee
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Decatur Public Library Board of Trustees Properties Committee Attendance Record
Monthly Board of Trustees Minutes - October 1962
This is the minutes from the board meeting on October 30, 1962. Also included are a letter from architect John F. Sweetnam with the owner's copy of the certificate for payment No. 1 and leins from Christy and Foltz and Bill Current, combined budget…
Photographs from the Decatur Hotel and Arcade building Fire.
Photographs taken from the November 17, 1904 fire that occurred at the Decatur Hotel and Arcade building in downtown Decatur. The fire was discovered in the basement in engine room of the old Wait building, occupied by the hotel and department store,…
Photograph from the Decatur Furniture Company Fire
Photograph from the fire at the Decatur Furniture Company, located at 667 E. William St, which occurred on March 19, 1891.
Photographs from the Decatur Coffin Company Fire
Photographs of the fire at the Decatur Coffin Company which occurred July 10, 1907. The fire was discovered at 2 am Wednesday morning and did $20,000 damage to the building. The fire was discovered by the watchman at the plant, John Moore, on the…
Photographs from the Decatur Cereal Mill Fire
Photographs taken from the Decatur Cereal Mill Fire, formerly known as the Suffern-Hunt Mill, which occurred on June 8, 1909. The fire started in the dryers on the sixth floor of the mill, however the cause was a mystery. The fire was discovered by…
Monthly Board of Trustees Minutes - November 1962
This is the minutes for board meeting on November 30, 1962. Also included are the minutes from the special meeting on November 15, 1962, the notice to contractors for the parking lot construction project, the combined budget and bill list for…
Photographs from the Central Malleable Iron Works Fire
Photographs from the Central Malleable Iron Works fire, formerly the Loeb foundry and Sattley foundry, located at 765 N. Lowber St. The fire was discovered at 10:30 p.m. on November 14, 1904, and was said to have been blazing for at least an hour…
Photographs from the American Hominy Company Fire
Photographs from the fire at the American Hominy Company formerly the Suffern & Hunt Mill, located at N. Union and the Wabash R.R. The fire started in the third story at 12:45 in the morning on November 27, 1913. Fire Chief Devore ordered out the…
Firefighters Practicing Falls
Firefighters practicing catching falling civilians taken in the early 1900's.