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| Title | Galesburg Centenary Parade |
| Date Original | October 9, 1937 |
| Description | Photograph shows a parade on East Main Street in Galesburg, Illinois taking place during the city's Centenary Celebration. Crowds are lining both sides of the street and there are many automobiles parked on both sides as well. There are three floats that are in the middle of the street. The O. T. Johnson Department store is visible on the left and signs for DeWitt's Cafe and Burgland's Meat Market can be seen on the far right. Other businesses in this image in the distance are Sparks, Ford Hopkins Drugs & Tea Room, Grant's and Kline's. |
| Location Depicted | East Main Street, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Subject | Galesburg Centenary Celebration
Parades & processions
O. T. Johnson Company (Galesburg, Ill.)
DeWitt's Cafe (Galesburg, Ill.)
Burgland's Meat Market (Galesburg, Ill.)
Spark's (Galesburg, Ill.)
Ford Hopkins Drugs & Tea Room (Galesburg, Ill.)
Grant's (Galesburg, Ill.)
Klines Department Store (Galesburg, Ill.)
Streets
Buildings
Cabins
Automobiles
Crowds
Men
Women
Children
Flags
Street lights
Galesburg (Ill.)
Photographic prints
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| Notes | Stamped on the back of the photograph : Illinois Camera Shop, Galesburg, Ill. Oct. 9, 1937. Written in pencil "Galesburg Centenary Parade, Oct. 1937." |
| Ordering Information | Please contact the Galesburg Public Library archivist at pattym@galesburglibrary.org |
| Image Number | P0340b |
| Repository | Galesburg Public Library Archives |
| Repository Collection | Photographic collection |
| Object Description | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 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 1200ppi. The master scan is untouched, but this display image was enhanced by adjusting the input level of the contrast from 0 to +9 and the brightness form 0 to +25 using Adobe PhotoShop CS. |
| Date Digital | 2005-02-08 |
| File Name | gpl0340b |
| 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. |
