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| Title | Sears- old brick house |
| Photographer | Hauberg, John H. |
| Date Original | May 3, 1918 |
| Description | A photograph of a house with a man standing in the center, and an automobile in the background. In the foreground are a set of railroad tracks. |
| Location Depicted | Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois |
| Subject | Sears (Ill.)
Rock Island (Ill.)
Automobiles
Railroad tracks
Transportation
Houses
Glass negatives
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| Notes | Old "brick house" [Sears history]. Sears was incorporated into Rock Island in 1915. The date was confirmed in the book "Rock Island: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow" edited by Bj Elsner, published by Rock Island History Book Committee, 1988, page 24. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact Augustana College Special Collections at (309) 794-7643 or specialcollections@augustana.edu |
| Image Number | 27_L-SE_gp_2_26 |
| 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 9600XL 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 highlights from 255 to 136, and shadows from 0 to 11 using Adobe Photoshop 7.0. |
| Date Digital | 2003-07-01 |
| File Name | aug27_L-SE_gp_2_26 |
| CD Volume Name | AUGVolume10 |
| 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. |
