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| Title | Gaiety Theatre |
| Photographer | Osgood |
| Studio Name/Location | Osgood Photo Supply, 93 South Semainary Street, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Date Original | ca. 1914 |
| Description | Photograph shows the Gaiety Theatre on the northeast corner of Simmons and South Cherry Street. There are two large signs on either side of the building that state "High class vaudeville, afternoons at 2:30, evenings at 8., 10 and 20 cents" There is a covered entrance to the building on the left with a sign that says "The Gaiety" on top of it. In the center of the photograph is another set of doors on which are printed to words "Stage entrance." There is an extension on the roof with skylights and chimneys. Next to the theatre is a brick building with an advertisement of the "O. T. Johnson Company, The Big Store, Retailers of everything". The street is paved with bricks and there are several utility poles with many wires crossing overhead. |
| Location Depicted | South Cherry Street, corner of Simmons Street, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Subject | Gaiety Theatre (Galesburg, Ill.)
Vaudeville
Theaters
Skylights
O. T. Johnson Company (Galesburg, Ill.)
Advertisements
Brick roads
Buildings
Galesburg (Ill.)
Photographic prints
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| Notes | This image was originally taken from a glass plate which was broken on the left in several places and the right lower corner. Address was verified in the 1914 Galesburg City Directory. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact the Galesburg Public Library archivist at pattym@galesburglibrary.org |
| Image Number | P1081 |
| Repository | Galesburg Public Library Archives |
| Repository Collection | Photographic collection |
| Object Description | 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 7 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 1200 ppi. The master scan is untouched, but this display image was enhanced by adjusting the contrast from 0 to +6 and the brightness from 0 to +10 using Adobe PhotoShop CS. |
| Date Digital | 2004-12-02 |
| File Name | gplP1081 |
| 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. |
