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Photos of Stewart's Dry Goods Store

Photographs of Stewart's Dry Goods Closing and Stewart's is in the background, Decatur, IL.

Photographs of the Wabash R.R. Steam Locomotive #700

Photographs of the Wabash R.R. Class P-1 steam locomotive #700 during its first run and manufactured by Walrus Mfg. in Decatur IL taken on September 3, 1943.

Photos of Children from the Boys Opportunity Home

Photograph of Children from the Boys Opportunity Home, taken 1/11/1943. Photograph of Children from the Boys Opportunity Home, taken 12/31/1945.

Photograph of 138 Park Place

Photograph of 138 Park Place taken on December 4, 1943.

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…