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| Title | Parade float-child welfare |
| Photographer | Osgood |
| Studio Name/Location | Osgood Photo Supply Company, 330 East Main Street, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Date Original | ca. 1925 |
| Description | Photogaph shoes a flat bed truck decorated for a parade. The float is advertising Child Welfare and there are several small children on the back with some of them holding signs. The signs that are readable state "I go to bed at 7", "I drink milk", I sleep with windows open", and "I eat spinach." There are three women also on the truck bed wearing nurses uniforms. There are two signs on the truck, one reads "Child Welfare 6", and the other reads "Health Babies - The Wealth of a Nation." The truck is parked in front of the Armory building and there is a street lamp behind it with four glass globes. |
| Location Depicted | Armory, 149 N. Broad Street, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Subject | Child welfare
Child welfare workers
Parades & processions
Floats (Parades)
Trucks
Armories
African Americans
Uniforms
Clothing & dress
Signs (Notices)
Street lights
Children
Women
Men
Galesburg (Ill.)
Photographic prints
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| Notes | Adresses confirmed in the 1926 Galesburg City Directory. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact the Galesburg Public Library archivist at pattym@galesburglibrary.org |
| Image Number | P450b |
| Repository | Galesburg Public Library Archives |
| Repository Collection | Photographic collection |
| Object Description | 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 9.5 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 was changed from 0 to +7 using Adobe PhotoShop CS. |
| Date Digital | 2004-12-02 |
| File Name | gplP450b |
| 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. |
