"Picture Decatur" (Decatur IL)

Memory Lane 59 Decatur Illinois memory lane, heinkel's, lard, postmark, USPS, Millikin Bank, millikin university, Fan's Field, Ted Nugent, first day cover, USPS, Decatur Stamp Club, a.e. staley, 1954, matchbook, golf, Wagner, Central Park, fountain

Picture Decatur Decatur IL Memory Lane #56 The photo memories continue........ memory lane, transfer house, overpass, Staley viaduct, a.e. staley, millikin university, Panhellenic, Chinese Tea Garden, Platzbecker, Wabash Depot, trolley, Decatur High School, fairview park, Fan's Field, commodores, aerial, downtown, fraternity, sorority

Picture Decatur  (Decatur Illinois) Memory Lane Collection #49 memory lane, Fan's Field, EHS, Eisenhower, millikin university, cookbook, WAND, Julie Moore-Wolfe, Green Tom, Early Idlers, Hartman's, Macon County, plaque, McClelland, Decatur Public Schools, Decatur High School

Here is installment #9 in our photo galleries of Decatur-related items and people from years-gone-by: (Robert Faries) (Fred Puglia) (B.G. Nevitt) TAGS: Aerosmith, B.G. Nevitt, Decanois, dolphins, Dust Puff, Fan's Field, faries, fred puglia, Irwin Neisler, Masons, memory lane, millikin university, Minnow Bucket, MU, Pride of the Prairie, Producers Seed Company,

Here's a collection of photos from Decatur's baseball past, starting with the Commodores and Fans Field (1927-1974).  Fans Field was located on the southeast corner of Garfield and Woodford Streets. demolition in 1975 Fans Field Today..... looking northeast towards 2nd base looking southeast towards home plate looking northwest towards home plate And don't forget there was also baseball played on Staley Field (1915-1923): It is believed that the field was located on the northwest corner of Eldorado and 22nd Streets, near where the Staley Viaduct is today.