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| Title | College City Street Railway Car |
| Date Original | ca. 1880 |
| Description | Photograph shows a small horsedrawn street railway car which is believed to have been owned by the College City Street Railway Company. The car has five windows on either side and is being pulled by a white horse. Printed on the upper portion of the car are the words, Main St., Lake George & Highland Park. |
| Location Depicted | [East Main Street], Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Subject | College City Railway (Galesburg, Ill.)
Street railroads
Transportation
Horses
Galesburg (Ill.)
Photographic prints
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| Notes | This photograph is quite grainy. There is a small black mark on the lower left. Written on the back of the photograph, "College City Street Railway car, near pumping station at foot of E. Main Street. Print made from a neg. in collection of Leon Benson." |
| Ordering Information | Please contact the Galesburg Public Library archivist at pattym@galesburglibrary.org |
| Image Number | P0289 |
| 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 +24 and the brightness from 0 to +21 using Adobe PhotoShop CS. |
| Date Digital | 2005-03-01 |
| File Name | gplp0289 |
| 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. |
