Browse Items · Decatur Public Library Local History Photo Collection

A. Walding

This is the glass negative of A. Walding. The photo was taken by Charles Wasson of Wasson Studios in Decatur, IL.

Tags: A. Walding, c. 1920, Charles Wasson, Charles Wasson Photo Collection, Decatur IL, Glass Negative, man, negative, Wasson Studios

A. Schuerman

Photograph of A. Schuerman, taken by the Herald and Review, dated 1883.

Tags: A. Schuerman, biography, Decatur IL., Herald and Review, Photo File: Biography

Photograph of A. Merle Cobb (b. 3/24/1881, d. 12/10/1942). He was the son of Rev. A.P. Cobb (Cobb Ave. is named after him). Cobb was associated with Mueller Co. and Cobb-Creighton Insurance Co., and a member of Central Christian Church.

Tags: 1922, A.Merle Cobb, biography, Central Christian Church, Cobb Ave., Cobb-Creighton Insurance Co., Decatur Herald and Review, Decatur IL, Mueller Co., Photo File: Biography, Rev. A.P. Cobb

A Wagon Full of Pumpkins

Postcard of the Besalke family with a wagon full of pumpkins on a farm.

Tags: Besalke family, Besalke Family Collection, farm, horses, postcard, pumpkins, unknown people, wagon

A Visit from President Taft

Photograph of President Howard Taft with Charles Adkins (4th from left) and several unknown men in front of a train car in Decatur, IL. This photo was found with the Adkins family photographs. Charles Adkins was Speaker of the House of Illinois.

Tags: Adkins family, biography, Charles Adkins, Decatur IL, Photo File: Biography, President Howard Taft, President Taft, Speaker of the House of Illinois, train car, unknown men