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| Title | Site of old dam. Lowell in distance |
| Photographer | Hauberg, John H. |
| Date Original | November 10, 1915 |
| Description | Photograph of the Rock River in Rock Island, Illinois. Buildings are visible on the opposite shore. A note indicates the buildings are in a town called Lowell which was later known as Vandruff's Island. |
| Location Depicted | Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois |
| Subject | Rock River (Wis. and Ill.)
Rivers
Vandruff's Island (Ill.)
Rock Island (Ill.)
Glass negatives
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| Notes | A note about the history of Lowell was found on page 104 of "Historic Rock Island County" published by Kramer & Company in 1908. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact Augustana College Special Collections at (309) 794-7643 or specialcollections@augustana.edu |
| Image Number | 27_L-RV_gp_2_43 |
| Repository | Augustana College Special Collections, 639 38th Street, Rock Island, Illinois 61201 |
| Repository Collection | John H. Hauberg Papers |
| Object Description | 1 negative : glass, b&w ; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Digital image captured using a Microtek ScanMaker 9800XL with transparent media adapter. TIFF file created from a glass negative scanned at 8-bit grayscale 1200ppi. The master scan is untouched, but this display image was enhanced by adjusting the input level of the shadows from 0 to 16, the midtones from 1.00 to 1.26, and the highlights from 255 to 157, and by adjusting brightness +31 and contrast +2 using Adobe Photoshop 7.0. |
| Date Digital | 2004-02-09 |
| File Name | aug27_L-RV_gp_2_43 |
| CD Volume Name | AUGVolume17 |
| Original Database | This record is from the Upper Mississippi Valley Digital Image Archive, http://www.umvphotoarchive.org, a collaborative project of cultural heritage organizations in the Iowa-Illinois Mississippi River region. |
