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| Title | Library cataloging room |
| Photographer | Osgood |
| Studio Name/Location | 330 East Main Street, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Date Original | 1902 |
| Description | Photograph shows a librarian sitting at a desk in the cataloging room of the first Galesburg Public Library. There are books, an inkwell and other bottles on her desk. There are storage cabients on the left with books on top of them and a second chair and an electric light on the right. |
| Location Depicted | Southeast corner Broad and Simmons Streets, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Subject | Galesburg Public Library (Ill.)
Libraries
Librarians
Books
Desks
Chairs
Electric lighting
Women
Windows
Clothing & dress
Galesburg (Ill.)
Photographic prints
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| Notes | This was a Carnegie funded library which burned to the ground in 1958. Address verified in the 1904 Galesburg City Directory. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact the Galesburg Public Library archivist at pattym@galesburglibrary.org |
| Image Number | P282j |
| Repository | Galesburg Public Library Archives |
| Repository Collection | Photographic collection |
| Object Description | 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 9.5 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 600ppi. The master scan is untouched, but this display image was enhanced by adjusting the input level of the contrast from 0 to +12 and the brightness from 0 to +12 using Adobe PhotoShop CS. |
| Date Digital | 2005-02-15 |
| File Name | gplp0282j |
| 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. |
