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| Title | Cedar Fork flood of 1924 |
| Photographer | Fach, Charles A. |
| Studio Name/Location | Illini Camera Shop, 1036 West Main Street, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Date Original | June 28, 1924 |
| Description | Photograph shows the West Main Street area flooded by the Cedar (Fork) Creek in 1924. Shown surrounded by the flood water are railroad cars, buildings, automobiles, a few people wading and two horses pulling a wagon. Main Street runs from the lower left edge up to the middle right of the image. Cedar Creek runs from the lower right to the middle foreground of the image with what appears to be a grain elevator in the midleft portion of the image. A small portion of the Hope Abbey Mausoleum is visible on the lower left. Toluca Fuel Company is visible on the right. |
| Location Depicted | West Main Street, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Subject | Cedar Creek (Knox County-Henderson County, Ill.)
Floods
Galesburg (Ill.)
Photographic prints
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| Notes | Note on the back of the photograph states "Taken with a 3A Kodak , using 122 film. Taken from Farmer's Elevator, top Tower." Sign on Toluca Fuel Company "No long waits, no short weights." |
| Ordering Information | Please contact Galesburg Public Library archivist at pattym@galesburglibrary.org |
| Image Number | P0144 |
| Repository | Galesburg Public Library Archives, 40 E. Simmons Street, Galesburg, IL 61401 |
| Repository Collection | Photographic collection |
| Object Description | 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Digital image captured using a Microtek ScanMaker 9600XL with transparent media adapter. TIFF file created from a photographic print scanned at 8-bit grayscale 600ppi. The master scan is untouched, but this display image was enhanced by adjusting contrast +25 using Adobe Photoshop 7.0. |
| Date Digital | 2004-04-06 |
| File Name | gplP0144 |
| 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. |
