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Charles O. Ebel

Photograph of Charles O. Ebel (d. 8/20/1938). Ebel compiled and published the Decatur City Directory for 31 years. His first city directory was published in 1883. Ebel also numbered Decatur homes and put up the first street signs. He was an…

Tags: 100 block S. Oakland Ave., 440 N. Edward St., biography, Charles O. Ebel, credit department, Decatur City Directory, Decatur Herald and Review, Decatur IL, Linn & Scruggs, Oakland Ave. Theater, Photo File: Biography, Review Printing and Stationary Co., The Studio Marquee of Decatur

Postcard to William Hibbs - August 18, 1918 - Fort Hunt

This is a postcard from Henry Hibbs letting William Hibbs know their new address, dated August 18, 1918. It is 1st C. C.A.C. Potomac Park, Washington D.C. On the front of the postcard is a picture of the Washington Monument and the United States…

Tags: 1918, 1st Company CAC, Athens IL, August 8, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Fort Hunt, Henry Hibbs, Hibbs Personal Papers, Menard County, Potomac Park, United States Treasury, Washington D.C., Washington Monument, William Hibbs

1989 Circulation Statistics Graphs

Tags: 12 months, 1989, Adult Services, AV, board of directors, Board of Trustees, children's, circulation statistics, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Extension, graph, James Seidl, main library, Youth adult

Board of Trustees - Annual Meeting - February 2025 - agenda - packet - minutes - reports

This is the annual meeting of the Board of Trustees - February 2025- agenda, minutes, reports, agenda

Tags: Agenda, annual report, Annual report Illinois Public Library, BM3607, Board of Trustees Annual Meeting, city librarian's report to board, committee and liaison appointments, Cost of Non-Resident Card, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Election of Officers, February 20, Minutes, Participation in Non-Resident Card Program, reports, Rick Meyer, Trustees report to Mayor and Council

Charles F. Emery Papers Finding Aid

This is the finding aid for the Charles F. Emery Papers.

Tags: #6.001, 116th Illinois Regiment, 15th Army Corps, CEP1, Charles F. Emery, Charles F. Emery Papers, Civil War, collection, Decatur IL, finding aid, Maroa IL, Quartermaster

Bear Hybrid Collection Finding Aid

This is the finding aid for the Bear Hybrid Collection.

Tags: A. Linn Bear, Bear Hybrid Collection, Bear Hybrid Company, BHC1, collection, Decatur IL, finding aid

Sangamon Valley School District Collection Finding Aid

This is the finding aid for the Sangamon Valley School District Collection.

Tags: #4.002, collection, finding aid, Harristown IL, Macon County IL, Niantic Community High School, Niantic IL, Niantic-Harristown schools, Rural Schools, Sangamon Valley CUSD #9, Sangamon Valley School District Collection, SVS1

Protzman Letter - March 1994

This is a thank you letter from Tom Protzman in appreciation of the use of the auditorium at the library for the SCORE seminar.

Tags: 1994, Auditorium, board of directors, Board of Trustees, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, John Merrick, John Moorman, March 1995, SCORE, seminar

Woman and Baby

Photograph of an unknown woman and baby taken by Troy Medaris in Bement, IL.

Tags: Adkins family, Bement IL, biography, Photo File: Biography, Troy Medaris, unknown baby, unknown woman

Photo of Vernon Stogsdill in uniform holding camera aboard ship

Herald and Review Library: Stogsdill, Vernon; Article on back of photo; "Vernon Stogsdill, photographer's mate third class, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Stogsdill, Argenta, prepares to take a picture from the bridge of the support carrier, U. S.S. Savo…

Tags: Argenta IL., Mitus Bay, Navy, Northern Honshu, Photographer, U.S.S. Savo Island, World War II, WWII

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