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| Title | Rescue Hook and Ladder building on South Prairie Street |
| Date Original | ca. 1870-1883 |
| Description | Image shows Galesburg city offices, the Rescue Hook and Ladder Fire Department and the offices of Dr. Porter located on south Prairie Street between Main Street and Simmons Street in Galesburg, Illinois. A fire pump wagon is in the foreground and is decorated. Wooden sidewalks are shown and the street is unpaved. |
| Location Depicted | South Prairie Street, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Subject | Galesburg (Ill.). Fire Department
Fire engines & equipment
City & town halls
Medical offices
Fire stations
Fire pumps
Porter, W.W.
Municipal services
Wooden sidewalks
Carts & wagons
Buildings
Galesburg (Ill.)
Photographic prints
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| Notes | Location and dates confirmed in Galesburg City Directory 1870-1871. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact Galesburg Public Library archivist at pattym@galesburglibrary.org |
| Image Number | P0027 |
| Repository | Galesburg Public Library Archives, 40 E. Simmons Street, Galesburg, IL 61401 |
| Repository Collection | Photographic collection |
| Object Description | 1 photograph : sepia toned ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Digital image captured using a Microtek ScanMaker 9600XL with transparent media adapter. TIFF file created from a photographic print scanned at 8-bit grayscale 600ppi. The master scan is untouched, but this display image was enhanced by adjusting the input level of the shadows from 0 to 84, and the highlights from 255 to 246, and by adjusting contrast +25 using Adobe Photoshop 7.0. |
| Date Digital | 2004-03-12 |
| File Name | gplP0027 |
| 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. |
