Browse Items · Decatur Public Library Local History Photo Collection

Howard E. Brown's Oral History

This is the oral history of Howard E. Brown. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on June 26, 1986. During this interview, he discusses his early life, time in the Armed Forces during World War II, teaching in Blue Mound, and working with Richland…

Tags: Decatur School System, Howard E. Brown, Richland Community College, school administration, teaching, WWII

Howard Wrench

This is the glass negative of Howard Wrench. The photo was taken by Charles Wasson of Wasson Studios in Decatur, IL in the early 1900s.

Tags: c. 1920, Charles Wasson, Charles Wasson Photo Collection, Decatur IL, Glass Negative, Howard Wrench, man, negative, Wasson Studios

Hugh B. Crea

Photograph of Hugh B. Crea (d. 1/31/1918). He was an attorney, and practiced law in Decatur for over 50 years. He was the attorney for the Millikin & Co., Millikin National Bank, Illinois Central Railroad, Illinois Midland Railroad, and Wabash…

Tags: attorney, biography, Crea St., Decatur Herald and Review, Decatur IL, Decatur Railway & Light Co., Hugh B. Crea, Illinois Central Railroad, Illinois Midland Railroad, Millikin * Co., Millikin National Bank, Photo File: Biography, Postal Telegraph Co., Vandeventer, Wabash Railroad

Hugh Baker's Oral History

This is the oral history of Hugh Baker. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on June 28, 1985. The interview includes his time working for the Mueller Company, and his father's dairy farm.

Tags: 1985, alcoholism committees, automobiles, Betty Turnell, building homes, changes to milking, Chatanooga TN, childhood, City Milk Inspector, civic boards, company town, Construction, Cows, Dairy Farm, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Decatur Mental Health Center, diptheria, electricity, epidemic, family life, farm, farmhouse, farming, Great Depression, harvest dinners, hired hands, hobbies, Hugh Baker, interview, June 1985, Liberty Bonds, marine engineering, Mary W. French School, mechanical engineering, Milk Delivery, Mueller City, Mueller Company, Mueller family, Mueller IL, Mueller Pottery Plant, naval architecture, oral history, pasteurization, Plant 3, public parks, recording, Recreation, retirement, Roosevelt Junior High School, Salvation Army board, sanitary conditions, South Shores, sterilization, tenant's house, The Mueller Land Improvement Trust, University of Michigan, World War I

Hy Brown Erickson in Los Angeles, CA

Photograph of Hy Brown Erickson next to an automobile in Los Angeles, CA.

Tags: automobile, Hy Brown Erickson, Los Angeles CA, Mabel Grubbs Roberts, Roberts Family Collection

I. A. Wallins (Isador Abraham)

Photograph of I. A. (Isadore Abraham) Wallins; Decatur agent for New York Life Insurance Co. In 1909 he purchased the Zuckerman women's ready-to-wear business at 151 N. Water and changed the name to Wallins and Co. He quit this business in 1915. In…

Tags: 151 N. Water St., Atlass-Wallins Co., biography, Council of Social Agencies, Decatur IL., Family Welfare Assn., grocery business, I. A. Wallins, I. A. Wallins Inc., insurance, Isadore Abraham Wallins, Lewis J. Burstein, Lindquist Studio, Macon County Red Cross, New York Life Insurance Co., O.P.A. Macon County IL., Zuckerman Clothing

I.H. May - Family

This is the glass negative of the family of I.H. May. The photo includes a man, woman, 3 girls, and a boy. The photo was taken by Charles Wasson of Wasson Studios in Decatur, IL in the early 1900s.

Tags: 3 girls, boy, c. 1910, Charles Wasson, Charles Wasson Photo Collection, Children, Decatur IL, family, Girls, Glass Negative, I.H. May, man, negative, three girls, Wasson Studios, woman

I.N. Irwin

Photograph of I.N. Irwin (d. 9/18/1931), a prominent Decatur druggist for 50 years. Partner in the Irwin Drug Co. with his brother, S.M. Irwin, and bought his brother's interest in 1892. In 1929, he sold a share of the business to Delos Cozad, and…

Tags: 101 E. Prairie Ave., 1917, 949 N. Water St., biography, Bushway Flavoring Extract Co., Coca-Cola, Decatur Herald and Review, Decatur IL, Delos Cozad, druggist, I.N.Irwin, ice cream soda, Irwin Drug Co., Irwin-Cozad Drug Store, Photo File: Biography, S.M. Irwin, Vandeventer