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Illinois Traction, Inc. Station Map - Water St. to Jasper St. (12/31/1928, revised 2/25/1945)

This station map shows the Illinois Traction, Inc. and Illinois Central Railroad tracks between Water St. and Jasper St. The map was originally created on 12/31/1928, and last revised on 2/25/1945. The map shows Leader Iron Works, and the ITS' car…

Illinois Central Railroad Track Map Showing Clayton St. to Woodford St. (3/21/1923)

This map shows the Illinois Central Railroad tracks from Clayton St. to Woodford St. in 1923.

Illinois Central Railroad Station Plat Map - Tait Ave. - Division St. (9/15/1952)

This Illinois Central Railroad station plat map shows the yards, tracks, streets, and businesses between Tait Ave. and Division St. in 1952.

Tags: #8.003, 1952, 9/15/1952, Alexander Lumber Company, businesses, Calhoun St., Charles St., coal yard, collection, Collins-Bruley Construction Company, Curtis Ave., Decatur IL, diesel shop, Division St., Elmhurst Ave., Garfield Ave., George S. Walker Inc., Harrison Ave., ICRR, ICRR yards, Illinois Ave., Illinois Bell Telephone Co., Illinois Central Railroad, Illinois St., ISHRAB-2017-25-97, ISHRAB-2017-25-98, J.L. Johnson and Sons., Jasper St., laudromat, Leader Ave., Leader Iron Works, Logan St., Lowber St., map, Maps, Miss Mary Schnepp, Mr. A.H. Schnepp, Mueller Ave., Mueller Company, Office of Assistant to Division Engineer, Olive St., Perfect Potato Chip Company, Railroad Map Collection, Sawyer Biscuit Company, station plat map, Streets, Sunshine Biscuit Company, Superior Welding Co., Tait Ave., Tracks, Woare Builders Supply Company, Woodford St., Yards

Illinois Traction Station Map - Water St. to Illinois Central Railroad Track (12/31/1928, revised 1/16/1958)

This is a station map for Illinois Traction Inc, operated by Illinois Terminal Company. It shows the track between Water St. and the Illinois Central Railroad track.

Illinois Central Railroad Track from Garfield Ave. to the Illinois Malleable Iron Co. (7/26/1929)

This map shows the Illinois Central Railroad track from Garfield Ave. to the Illinois Malleable Iron Co., including the streets and businesses in between. The map also includes the ICRR crossing the ITS tracks.

Photos of Leader Iron Works Interior, Buildings and Employees.

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Photograph of Leader Iron Works Interior. "Photo ran Review 11/19/1905. Plant was located in 2100 Block N. Jasper St." Photos of Leader Iron Works Building. Photo of Employees Leader Iron Works. Photos of Leader Iron Works Building Exterior,…

Tags: 11/19/1905, 2100 Block N. Jasper St., BS133, BS134, BS135, BS136, BS1771, BS1772, BS376, Buildings, Business, Decatur IL., employees, exterior, Foundries, interior, Leader Iron Works

Mrs. Frank M. Ware

This is the oral history of Mrs. Frank M. Ware. She was interviewed by Betty Turnell on August 31, 1984. The interview includes her childhood and career.

Tags: "speedys" letters, 1984, A.G. Webber, Absolum Newland, accounting department, August 1984, automobile tires, bank failure, Betty Turnell, bookkeeping machine, brother's surgery, Brown's Business College, cactus, cafeteria, carbon paper, Caterpillar Co., Caterpillar Military Engine Co., changes to Decatur, Chautauqua, choir, cottonwood tree, crystal radio sets, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Decatur Lumber Co., doctor's office, Dr. N.D. Meyers, Dr. William Barnes, Dune School, education, electronics courses, Fairview Park, Faries Manufacturing Co., First Lutheran Church, Flood, Florida, Forest Grove School, Frank Ware, general labor, George W. Keller, Great Depression, greenhouse, grocery store, hauling coal, Helen Harder, Hilltop Greenhouse, interview, Jackson St. School, Jasper County IL, Johns Hill, lap rugs, Leader Iron Works, Lincoln Coop Apartments, Lincoln Flower Shop, Log Cabin, Louisa Newland, Madam Corolla Lous Tuca, McKinley assassination, mortgage, Mound School, Mr. Barber, Mrs. Frank M. Ware, neighborhood picnic, Nelson Park, new pews, oral history, Payroll, perpetual inventory, Postal Service, pottery, purchasing department, radio diagrams, raising plants, ready-made radios, receptionist, recording, retirement, sales department, short-hand, Signal Depot, singing, small business, Snake Hill, St. Mary's Hospital, Staley Company, Streetcars, succulents, T.T. Springer, toolmaker, Transfer House, truck barn, voice lessons, Warren St. School, Weber Fill, William Shorb, World War I, World War II, WWI, WWII

Mrs. O.L. Myers' Oral History

This is the oral history of Mrs. O.L. Myers. She was interviewed by Betty Turnell in August 1981. The interview includes her childhood, and early Decatur.

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