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| Title | Sammies on to Berlin |
| Photographer | Dawson |
| Date Original | April 3, 1918 |
| Description | Photograph shows a railroad passenger car at the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad station in Galesburg, Illinois. There are several young men hanging out of the windows towards a large crowd on the landing platform. There are three young men on a covered portion of the platform. There is a large circular window on the far left of the passenger car. |
| Location Depicted | South Seminary Street, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Subject | Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company
Railroad passenger cars
Railroad stations (Galesburg, Ill.)
Railroad travel
Railroads
World War, 1914-1918
Recruiting & enlistment
Men
Boys
Galesburg (Ill.)
Photographic prints
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| Notes | The young men shown in the railroad passenger car were either volunteer enlistees or were drafted to serve in World War I. The nickname "Sammies" came from French soldiers who called United States soldiers that during World War I because of Uncle Sam. Source used for information on Sammies name came from the French Embassy web site. Address verified in the 1918 Galesburg City Directory. Written on the front of the photograph "On to Berlin, Galesburg Sammies, April 3, 1918." |
| Ordering Information | Please contact the Galesburg Public Library archivist at pattym@galesburglibrary.org |
| Image Number | P0283 |
| 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 scanner with transparent media adapter. TIFF file created from a print photograph scanned at 8-bit grayscale 1200ppi. The master scan is untouched, but this display image was enhanced by adjusting the input level of the contrast from 0 to +30 and the brightness from 0 to +25 using Adobe PhotoShop CS. |
| Date Digital | 2005-02-25 |
| File Name | gplp0283 |
| 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. |
