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| Title | Galesburg High School class of 1900 |
| Photographer | Osgood |
| Studio Name/Location | Osgood Engraving Company, 352 East Main Street, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Date Original | 1900 |
| Description | Photograph shows the Galesburg High School students of the class of 1900 standing and sitting under the school entrance archway. Six of the boys have double zeroes on the soles of their shoes and two girls are holding double zero signs. There is also an umbrella on the upper left that has "Class of 1900, "Nulli Secundu..." written on it. There are approximately 90 students in the class photograph. All of the young men are wearing suits and the young ladies are wearing shirtwaists and long skirts or dresses. |
| Location Depicted | Northwest corner of Broad and Tompkins Street, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Subject | Galesburg High School (Galesburg, Ill.)
Students
Schools
Arches
Clothing & dress
Boys
Girls
African Americans
Galesburg (Ill.)
Photographic prints
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| Notes | Written on the photograph on the lower left are the words, Photo by Osgood, No. 3. There are some small white spots on the image. The address was verified in the 1900 Galesburg City Directory. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact the Galesburg Public Library archivist at pattym@galesburglibrary.org |
| Image Number | P0336b |
| 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 from 0 +9 and the bightness from 0 to +9 using Adobe PhotoShop CS. |
| Date Digital | 2004-12-02 |
| File Name | gplP0336b |
| 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. |
