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Alex Gehring family auto
Title
Alex
Gehring
family
auto
Photographer
Osgood
Studio Name/Location
Wataga
,
Knox
County
,
Illinois
Date Original
ca.
1900
Description
Photograph
shows
an
open
air
automobile
with
three
members
of the
Gehring
family
seated
inside.
Two
women
are in the
back
and a
man
is
driving.
They
all
have
fur
lap
robes
on.
There
is
a
small
tank
on the
side
of the
auto
and a
horn
with a
bulb
near
the
driver.
The
car
is
parked
near
a
house
and there
is
snow
on the
ground.
Location Depicted
Wataga
,
Knox
County
,
Illinois
Subject
Gehring, Alex
Gehring family
Automobiles
Automobile driving
Tires
Fences
Fur garments
Clothing & dress
Men
Women
Wataga (Ill.)
Photographic prints
Notes
There are
some
smudges
on the
left
hand
side
of the
photograph.
Ordering Information
Please contact the Galesburg Public Library archivist at pattym@galesburglibrary.org
Image Number
P400
Repository
Galesburg Public Library Archives
Repository Collection
Photographic
collection
Object Description
1
photograph
:
b&w
;
8
x
10
in.
Digital Reproduction Information
Digital
image
captured
using
an
Epson
Expression
1680
with
transparent
media
adapter.
TIFF
file
created
from a
print
photograph
scanned
at
8-bit
grayscale
600
ppi.
The
master
scan
is
untouched
, but this
display
image
was
enhanced
by
adjusting
the
contrast
from
0
to
+10
and the
brightness
from
0
to
+18
using
Adobe
PhotoShop
CS.
Date Digital
2004-12-02
File Name
gplP400
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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