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| Title | Residence of Sylvanus Ferris |
| Date Original | ca. 1880 |
| Description | Photograph shows the residence of Sylvanus Ferris. It is a wooden house with a small porch on the front and a smaller addition on the back. The Knox County Courthouse can be seen on the right. The home of Judge George Thompson is on the left. There is a portrait of Syvanus Ferris in the upper left corner of the of the matting. He has light colored hair and is wearing a suit jacket with a dark vest, a white dress shirt and a dark tie. |
| Location Depicted | Corner of Cherry and Tompkins Streets, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Subject | Ferris, Sylvanus
Knox County (Ill.). Courthouse
Porches
Houses
Wooden buildings
Galesburg (Ill.)
Photographic prints
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| Notes | Written on the back of the photograph, "Residence of Sylvanus Ferris, one of the founders of Knox College and the City of Galesburg. Corner of Cherry and Tompkins. Presented by James W. Losey. Court house built 1884-85. Presbyterian Church stood where Judge George Thompson's house now stands in picture just behind the Ferris house. The church burned in 1891 and Thompson built his house on that site in 1892. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact the Galesburg Public Library archivist at pattym@galesburglibrary.org |
| Image Number | P0473 |
| Repository | Galesburg Public Library Archives |
| Repository Collection | Photograph collection |
| Object Description | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.75 x 6.75 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Digital image captured using an Epson Expression 1680 scanner with transparent media a adapter. TIFF file created from a print photograph scanned at 8-bit grayscale 600ppi. The master scan is untouched, but this display image was enhanced by adjusting the contrast from 0 to +12 and the brightness from 0 to +3 using Adobe Photoshop CS. |
| Date Digital | 2005-02-01 |
| File Name | gplp0473 |
| 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. |
