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| Title | Carson, Pirie Scott & Company |
| Date Original | March 16, 1964 |
| Description | Image shows the Carson, Pirie & Scott Company store and Gamble's (Hardware and Furniture) store. Carson, Pirie Scott & Company is a four story building with a fire escape on the left and the three seperate signs that have one name of the store on each. It has women's and men's appearal on display in the store windows. Gamble's is a two story building with a vertical electric sign on the front. There automobiles parked diagonally on the street in front of the stores. |
| Location Depicted | 400 to 420 East Main Street, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Subject | Carson Pirie Scott
Gambles (Galesburg, Ill.)
Stores & shops
Storefronts
Window displays
Automobiles
Street lights
Traffic signs & signals
Streets
Buildings
Galesburg (Ill.)
Film negatives
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| Notes | Addresses and names of businesses verified in the 1964 Galesburg City Directory. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact the Galesburg Public Library archivist at pattym@galesburglibrary.org |
| Image Number | NC1630 |
| Repository | Galesburg Public Library Archives |
| Repository Collection | Photographic collection |
| Object Description | 1 negative : acetate , 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 film negative scanned at 8-bit grayscale 1200ppi. The master scan is untouched, but this display image was enhanced by adjsuting the contrast from 0 to +24 and the brightness from 0 to +36 using Adobe PhotoShop CS. |
| Date Digital | 2005-03-22 |
| File Name | gplnc1630 |
| 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. |
