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| Title | Weston School teachers |
| Date Original | ca. 1900 |
| Description | Photograph shows six female teachers listening in on a what was probably a staged telephone call. All of the teachers are young except for the one in the middle who has a hand to her ear as if to hear better. |
| Location Depicted | Corner of Mulberry and Allens Avenue, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Subject | Weston School (Galesburg, Ill.)
Hammond, Ella May
Lindquist, Lillian
Ward, Flora
Armstrong, Nellie
Teachers
Telephones
Hairstyles
Schools
Clothing & dress
Galesburg (Ill.)
Photographic prints
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| Notes | From left to right are: Unidentified, Unidentified, Nellie Armstrong (holding the phone), Flora Ward, Lillian Lindquist (holding her hand to her ear), and Ella May Hammond. Address verified in the 1905 Galesburg City Directory. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact the Galesburg pUblic Library archivist at pattym@galesburglibrary.com |
| Image Number | P1007 |
| Repository | Galesburg Public Library Archives |
| Repository Collection | Photographic collection |
| Object Description | 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.25 x 5.25 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Digital image captured using an Epson Expression 1680 scanner with tranparent media adapter. TIFF file created from a print photograph scanned at 8-bit grayscale 600ppi. The mast scan is untouched, but this display image was enhanced by adjusting the contrast from 0 to +30 and the brightness from 0 to +33 using Adobe PhotoShop CS. |
| Date Digital | 2005-02-01 |
| File Name | gplp1007 |
| 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. |
