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| Title | Burlington Zephyr receiving bread delivery |
| Date Original | April 9, 1935 |
| Description | Photograph shows the Burlington Zephyr train receiving a delivery of bread from the Howe-Anderson Company. There are two men standing on either side of the delivery truck which is parked near the front of the locomotive. |
| Location Depicted | Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad yards, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Subject | Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company
Howe-Anderson Company (Galesburg, Ill.)
Gummerson, Tinly
Railroads
Railroad companies
Railroad locomotives
Trucks
Men
Uniforms
Clothing & dress
Galesburg (Ill.)
Photographic prints
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| Notes | Note written on the front of the photograph reads, "Howe's popular 'hearth-baked' RYE being delivered to the new twin Burlington Zephyr for their famous Buffet Lunch, April 9th., 1935." Howe-Anderson Company was a wholesale baker and the name of the company was verified in the 1934 and 1936 Galesburg City Directories. Image is on a postcard. On the back is written "Left, Tinly Gummerson." Negative also available |
| Ordering Information | Please contact the Galesburg Public Library archivist at pattym@galesburgpubliclibrary.org |
| Image Number | P1136b |
| Repository | Galesburg Public Library Archives |
| Repository Collection | Photographic collection |
| Object Description | 1 postcard : b&w ; 3 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Digital image captured using an Epson Expression 1680 scanner with transparent media adapter. TIFF file created from a postcard scanned at 8-bit grayscale 1200ppi. The master scan is untouched. |
| Date Digital | 2005-01-17 |
| File Name | gplp1136b |
| 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. |
