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Threshing scene
Threshing scene
TitleThreshing scene
Studio Name/LocationOsgood
Date Originalca. 1920
DescriptionPhotograph shows men in a field harvesting what appears to be hay. There appear to be two steam engine threshing machines operating. There are 14 men in the image doing different jobs and there is a young girl sitting on the machine to the right. There are 5 horses visible and 2 wagons as well as large stacks of the crop being harvested.
Location DepictedKnox County, Illinois
SubjectThreshing
Threshing machines
Hay
Haystacks
Steam Engines
Men
Horses
Girls
Carts & wagons
Laborers
Croplands
Knox County (Ill.)
Photographic prints
NotesWritten on the back of the photograph, "Threshing scene, Osgood homestead neighborhood." There are some stain marks from adhesive tape that was placed on the back of the photograph and there are some cracks and tears around the edges of the photograph. There is also a large black mark on the upper right.
Ordering InformationPlease contact the Galesburg Public Library archivist at pattym@galesburglibrary.org
Image NumberP0434
RepositoryGalesburg Public Library Archives
Repository CollectionPhotographic collection
Object Description1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 10 in.
Digital Reproduction InformationDigital 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 untouced, but this display image was enhanced by adjusting the input level of the brightness from 0 to +19 using Adobe PhotoShop CS.
Date Digital2005-02-08
File Namegplp0434
Original DatabaseThis 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.
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