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Photographs from the NRA Parade of 1933

Photographs taken from the NRA Parade of September 1933. A crowd of 75,000 people gathered for the parade to launch central Illinois "Buy Now" drive and see all the floats.

Photographs from the Jalopy Parade of 1943

Photos from the Jalopy Parade in April of 1943. Jalopy cars that would later be used for scrap metal were paraded around downtown to raise awareness for the use of scrapping old cars for the war effort. Decatur the first city to do this and was used…

Photograph from the Halloween Parade in 1953

Photograph of children dressed in costumes from the Halloween Parade in 1953.

Photograph of Firehouse #1

Photograph of the former site of firehouse #1 on 156 W Main St. in Decatur taken in 1996.

Photographs of Firehouse #2

A photograph of Firehouse #2 while in use and a photograph of the firehouse taken in 1994 after use. The firehouse sits at 550 N Morgan St. in Decatur.