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| Title | Sears, IL- street scene |
| Photographer | Hauberg, John H. |
| Date Original | October 30, 1918 |
| Description | A photograph of Will Spencer walking away from the camera on a street in Sears, Illinois. This is the corner of 9th and 12th streets when the area was known as Sears, Illinois. After Sears was incorporated into Rock Island, the street changed to 49th Avenue. The street sign reads 49th Avenue. The sign on the front of the store reads W. S. Pate and Son Grocery and the advertisement on the side of the building reads Gold Rim Flour. Automoblies are in the background, and a cart is in the foreground. |
| Location Depicted | Intersection of 9th and 12th Streets, Sears, Rock Island County, Illinois |
| Subject | Spencer, Will
Streets
Sears (Ill.)
Rock Island (Ill.)
Stores & shops
Storefronts
Advertisements
Buildings
Grocery stores
Pedestrians
Carts & wagons
Glass negatives
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| Notes | 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_30 |
| 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 midtones from 1.00 to 1.51 using Adobe Photoshop 7.0. |
| Date Digital | 2003-07-01 |
| File Name | aug27_L-SE_gp_2_30 |
| 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. |
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