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Photos of Decatur Milling Co.

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Photographs of the Decatur Milling Co. milling process.

Tags: 1970, BS1052, BS1053, Business, Decatur IL., Decatur Milling Co., fire, Grain, Milling, Milling Employees

Photo Decatur Ice Plant

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Photograph of the Decatur Ice Plant. "This ice plant, known as the Wabash Icing Plant, located on the Wabash tracks near 7th St. It was formerly the Cudahy Ice Plant."

Tags: 7th St., BS1050, building, Business, Cudahy Ice Plant, Decatur IL., Ice Plant, Wabash Icing Plant, Wabash R. R. Tracks

Photos of Decatur Hotel and Arcade Building, 1915.

BS1048-Decatur Hotel and Arcade Bldg _1915174.bmp

Photograph of the Decatur Hotel and Arcade Building, 1915. "The Decatur Hotel, building in center of photo, and Arcade Bldg., at the right of the Hotel, as pictured before they were destroyed by fire on April 21, 1915. They were located on the north…

Tags: 4/21/1915, Arcade, BS1048, BS1049, Business, Decatur Hotel and Arcade, Decatur IL., fire, hotel

Photos Decatur Gun Co. Contest 1917.

Photograph Decatur Gun Co. Contest 148 S. Main St., 1917. Photo of children looking at the Decatur Gun Co. building after the fire. Photo of bike riders lined up in front of the Decatur Gun Co.

Tags: 148 S. Main St., 1917, Bike Riders, BS1046, BS829, BS829A, BS830, Business, Contest, Decatur Gun Co., Decatur IL., fire, G. G. Rupert, G. G. Rupert Gun Store, Main St. Barber Ship