"Picture Decatur" (Decatur IL)

Looks like the Decatur restaurants of years gone by loved to pass out matchbooks.  Here's a small sampling. Wanna eat? restaurant, matchbook, Bens Barn, cafe, Groves, Tower Cafe, Raney's, Farm Cafe, New Beverly Inn, Swartz, Romano, Chocolate Shop, King's, Blue Mill, Dantes Italian Village, Decatur Club, Elams

Decatur Illinois Memory Lane #38 A few more photos celebrating the historic past of Decatur: 1931, basketball, Brownie Stoker, Chodat Cigar, Citizens National Bank, clinic, Decatur High School, festival, Glucks, Kintner, Lincoln Square, memory lane, Millikin National Bank, mural, Rambo, Swartz, WDZ

Collection #21 of photos celebrating the history and memories of Decatur IL :: TAGS: a.e. staley, Caterpillar, Decatur City Lines, Decatur Railway, DMH, fire engine, Fireside Inn, Goodman Band, hospital, Lakeside Dairy, Macon Seed, memory lane, Pep-e-Pop, Soy Capital Bank, staley, Swartz Restaurant

this'll be another blast from the past for some: 20 matchbooks from Decatur Illinois businesses of times gone..... most of them at least -- i TAGS: Blue Mill, Dantes Italian Village, Greiders, Keyhole Club, matchbook, memory lane, Millikin National Bank, Soy Capital Bank, Swartz Restaurant, Tower Cafe, Wayside Inn,