Browse Items · Decatur Public Library Local History Photo Collection

Photo of Oak Grove Road

Photograph of Oak Grove Road. Photo ran Review 10/8/1911. Road located north of Fairview Park.

Tags: 10/8/1911, Decatur IL., Fairview Park, Oak Grove Road, Roads, ST761, Streets

Unidentified Road

These are glass negatives of unidentified roads. The photos were taken by Pfile's Camera Shop for Decatur Herald & Review in Decatur, IL around 1930.

Tags: c. 1930, Charles Wasson Photo Collection, Decatur Herald & Review, Decatur IL, Glass Negative, negative, Pfile's Camera Shop, Roads, unidentified roads

Man Driving Early Automobile

Man Driving Early Automobile, Horse and Rider Watching

Tags: 1900's, automobile, Decatur IL., Early Automobile, Highway Recognition, Horse and Rider, Horseless Carriage, Macon County IL., Roads

Roads: Case Machine With Men

Case Road Building Machine with Wagons, Men and Drainage Tile.

Tags: 1912, Case, Drainage Tile, Machinery, Macon County IL., Men, Road Building, Roads, Wagons

Aerial View - July 1913 Unknown small town

Aerial View of unknown town in Macon County, IL. July 1913.

Tags: Aerial View. July 1913, Macon County, Roads, Town

Painting Stripes on Pavement

Man running a paint stripping machine.

Tags: 1920's, Decatur IL., Herald and Review, Machinery, Macon County, maintenance, Paint Stripping Machine, Road Stripping, Roads

Road Machinery and Workers in Macon County, IL.

Road Machinery, workers, wagons and mules.

Tags: Machinery, Macon County IL., Mules, Road Building, Roads, Wagons, Workers

Roads--Macon County --Sampe Road 1910

Roads--"Macon County--Sampe Road--1910. Part of Sampe Road, made by Highway commissioner Palmer of Hickory Point, running east from Bloomington Road, a mile north of the race track. Road drag used regularly. Best road in county. Photo by E.T.C.,…

Tags: 1910, Bloomington Road, Commissioner Palmer, Hickory Point Twp., Macon County, Photo by E.T.C., Race Track, Roads, Sampe Road

Repairing Brick Streets

Man repairing brick streets by hand, with horse and wagon. Auto clubs road cleaning force.

Tags: 7/9/1911, Auto Clubs, Brick Street, Decatur IL., horse and wagon, Macon County, repairs, Road Cleaning Force, Roads, Streets

Building a Road

Roads--Machinery 1912 - Photo ran in the Review May 3, 1912.

Tags: 1912, 5/3/1912, Demonstration, Herald and Review, Machinery, Macon County, Men, Road Building, Roads

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