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Photograph of A.E. Staley Sr. as he throws the switch to turn on a new elevator at the Decatur plant.
July 1927, Staley Journal
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Reminiscent of the design of the Staley Office Building, these teardrop earrings have a lovely Art Deco design and just a touch of gold shimmer. The earrings are made of sustainably harvested maple wood with a glossy, vegetable-based resin, and handcrafted sterling silver ear wires. Perfectly lightweight, these earrings are comfortable for all-day wear.
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🏈 Need more football after the Super Bowl? 🏈
Visit the museum to learn about the origins of the Chicago Bears right here in Decatur!
Open Tuesday - Saturday 1-4PM
$5/Adult, $3/Senior, $1/Child
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Kneeling, bottom right, Frederick "Fritz" Wasem. A great athlete for the Staleys. Played on their baseball team. Also the Manager of their first football team. He put it all together that first season. He also still holds a 115 year old football record at Millikin University for the longest scoring play. A 109 yard reception for a touchdown which can't be broken since they shortly thereafter reduced the field to 100 yards. His contributions to Staley athletics was immense.
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Named "Nouveau" after the unforgettable art deco era, the craftsmanship of this necklace speaks to the detail and ornamental artistry of this time. This necklace features an intricately cast brass Blue Heron and crystal drops on a long brass chain that slips over the head.
This necklace is a reminder of the Fountain to the Blue Heron which once stood behind the Staley Administration Building. Designed by Danish landscape artist Jens Jensen, the Fountain to the Blue Heron featured four bronze, blue herons at the center and over 50 bronze frogs circling the water.
Jensen was a lover of nature and an environmentalist with a passion for preservation and usage of native prairie plants. In addition to the fountain, Jensen created a park-like atmosphere around the administration building which included seventy-five fully grown native elm trees.
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When was the fountain removed and why?
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🌹Mr. Staley’s fondness for roses can be seen at every crossroad of his life. As a traveling salesman in 1887, young Staley gifted a bouquet of roses to Emma, his eventual wife, after seeing her for the first time. At work in Decatur, he was often seen with a rose bud in his coat lapel and he even had rooftop gardens installed on the eighth floor of the Office Building so that he could work with a view of flowers among his business empire. At the family home, an archway of Dorothy Perkins roses, his favorite, led visitors to the front of the house. Later in his life, he planted hundreds of rose bushes at his Florida estate, harvesting thousands of long stemmed roses just a year before his death.
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