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| Title | Laying first pavement on Main Street |
| Date Original | ca. 1884 |
| Description | Photograph shows men laying the first brick pavement on Main Street in Galesburg, Illinois. Photograph is looking east from Kellogg Street. Several buildings can be seen on either side of the street as well as onlookers, streetcar rails and horse drawn buggys and wagons. Some of the buildings shown are the Illinois Hotel, Covenant Mutual Benefit Company, the Bank of Galesburg and the Post Office. There is a flag waving on the upper left. |
| Location Depicted | East Main Street, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois. |
| Subject | Streets
Street maintenance & repair
Street railroad tracks
Bricks
Bricklaying
Illinois Hotel (Galesburg, Ill.)
Covenant Mutual Benefit Association (Galesburg, Ill.)
Bank of Galesburg (Galesburg, Ill.)
Post offices
Photographic prints
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| Notes | There are some fingerprints and smudges on the upper portion of the photograph as well as glaring. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact the Galesburg Public Library archivist at pattym@galesburglibrary.org |
| Image Number | P0339 |
| Repository | Galesburg Public Library Archives |
| Repository Collection | Photographic collection |
| Object Description | 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.75 x 7 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Digital image captured using an Epson Expression 1680 scanner with transparent media adapter. TIFF file created from a print photograph scanner at 8-bit grayscale 600ppi. The master scan is untouched, but this display image was enhanced by adjusting the contrast from 0 to +10 using Adobe Photoshop CS. |
| Date Digital | 2004-09-09 |
| File Name | gplP0339 |
| 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. |
