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| Title | Orwig's Hardware Store |
| Date Original | March 16, 1964 |
| Description | Photograph shows the front exterior of Orwig's Hardware Store. There are many items for sale showing in the dispaly windows including artificial flowers, grass seed, a clothes hamper and decorative items. "Pet Dept." is printed on the window. There are two automobiles on the right. |
| Location Depicted | 719 North Henderson Street, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Subject | Orwig's Hardware and Supply Company (Galesburg, Ill.)
Hardware stores
Stores & shops
Electric signs
Window displays
Galesburg (Ill.)
Photographic prints
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| Notes | This photograph was taken for the Galesburg Glass Company. The store name and address were verified in the 1964 Galesburg City Directory. This store became Duff Hardware in 1980. Negative available. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact the Galesburg Public Library archivist at pattym@galesburglibrary.org |
| Image Number | NC1568 |
| Repository | Galesburg Public Library Archives |
| Repository Collection | Photographic collection |
| Object Description | 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.75 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Digital image captured using an Epson Expression 1680 scanner with transparent media adapter. TIFF file created from a negative scanned at 8-bit grayscale 1200ppi. The master scan is untouched, but this display image was enhanced by adjsuting the input level of the contrast from 0 to +8 and the brightness from 0 to +15 using Adobe Photoshop CS. |
| Date Digital | 2005-03-15 |
| File Name | gplnc1568 |
| 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. |
