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| Title | Company C return to Galesburg |
| Photographer | Peck, Walter E. |
| Date Original | ca. 1898 |
| Description | Image shows a large gathering of people on East Main Street in Galesburg, Illinois, welcoming home what are believed to be the veterans of the Spanish-American War. Some soldiers are visible on the right hand portion of the photograph from the waist up. A horse drawn carriage and a buggy are quite visible as well as two men on horses. There is a large advertisement on the side of a building for the S. R. Swanson & Brothers Meat Market and a livery stable with a large archway is on the right. There are individuals on the sides of the street, also leaning out of second floor windows and sitting on the roofs of the buildings. |
| Location Depicted | 317 East Main Street, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Subject | Parades & processions
Veterans
Spanish-American War, 1898
S. R. Swanson & Brothers Meat Market (Galesburg, Ill.)
Men
Women
Buildings
Galesburg (Ill.)
Glass negatives
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| Notes | 1889-90 Galesburg City Directory used to verify location. Image scanned from a glass plate negative. Original view was taken by an amateur photographer, Walter E. Peck. Lower right of the corner is cracked but still attached. Cited on P-0208. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact Galesburg Public Library archivist at pattym@galesburglibrary.org |
| Image Number | GPB109 |
| Repository | Galesburg Public Library Archives, 40 E. Simmons Street, Galesburg, IL 61401 |
| Repository Collection | Photographic collection |
| Object Description | 1 negative : glass, b&w ; 4.5 x 4.5 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 600ppi. The master scan is untouched, but this display image was enhanced by adjusting contrast + 56 using Adobe Photoshop 7.0. |
| Date Digital | 2004-03-24 |
| File Name | gplGPB109 |
| 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. |
