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Photos of Fire at Cheap Charley's.

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Photographs of people and horse and buggies at fire that burned down Cheap Charley's. Photograph of Cheap Charley's E. Main St. looking from the Transfer House, Decatur, IL.

Tags: Aug 1909, BS983, BS983A, BS984, BS984A, BS985, Business, Cheap Charley's, crowd, fire, Horse Carriages, people, Smoke

Photos of Equipment Made by Caterpillar.

Photograph of a bulldozer made by Caterpillar. Photo of a grader being built at Caterpillar. Photo of a Jeep during WWII that was winterized by Cpl. Lloyd Webb who had been employed by Caterpillar Military Engine Company before the war.

Tags: 1940's, BS979, BS980, BS981, Bulldozer, Business, Caterpillar Company, Caterpillar Military Engine Co., Converted Jeep, Cpl. Lloyd Webb, Decatur IL., Grader, Jeep, Manufacturing, WWII

Photo of Carson Pirie Scott Building

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Photograph of the Carson Pirie Scott Building located at 301 N. Water Street, Decatur, IL.

Tags: 301 N. Water St., BS978, Business, Carson Pirie Scott, Decatur IL., Department Store, Forsyth IL., Hickory Point Mall

League of Women Voters - Board Meeting - April 1968

This is the historical account of the League of Women Voters in Decatur Illinois in Macon County

Tags: Agenda, board meeting, Decatur voter, Janet Westenhauer president, League of Women Voters, Mary Jane Hippler secretary, Public Relations, publications, unit meetings, Voters Services

League of Women Voters - Annual Meeting and Board Meeting - March 1968

This is the historical account of the League of Women Voters in Decatur Illinois in Macon County

League of Women Voters - board meeting - February 1968

This is the historical account of the League of Women Voters in Decatur Illinois in Macon County

Tags: Agenda, announcement, Barbara Tilley president, board meeting, Decatur voter, League of Women Voters, Local Program, Macon County Booklet, Minutes, national program, Persis Hamilton secretary, reproduction machine, resource committee report, subscription services

League of Women Voters - board meeting - January 1968

This is the historical account of the League of Women Voters in Decatur Illinois in Macon County

Tags: Agenda, announcements, Barbara Tilley president, board meeting, Constitutional Convention, Decatur Public Schools, human resources and civil rights and liberties, League of Women Voters, Minutes, Persis Hamilton secretary

League of Women Voters - board meeting - December 1967

This is the historical account of the League of Women Voters in Decatur Illinois in Macon County

Tags: Agenda, announcements, Barbara Tilley president, board meeting, civil right study committee, constitutional convention study group, human resources committee report, League of Women Voters, Minutes, Persis Hamilton secretary, publications, school study report, speaker, treasurer's report, unit meetings

League of Women Voters - Board Meeting - November 1967

This is the historical account of the League of Women Voters in Decatur Illinois in Macon County

Tags: Agenda, appointment of state legislatures, Barbara Tilley president, board meeting, December all members meeting, District of Columbia, Foreign Policy, Human Resources, League of Women Voters, League statement of integration, Loyalty and security, Minutes, Persis Hamilton secretary, program and action, School committee, Tax rates, treasurer's report, treaty making, water resource

Photos of Burstein Junk Yard.

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Photographs of building that had been destroyed by fire on 3/3/1930.

Tags: 1930, BS974, BS975, BS976, Business, Decatur IL., fire, Hides, Junk Yard, magazines, Metal, paper, Rags, Scrap Iron, Simon Burstein