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| Title | Central Union Telephone Company |
| Photographer | Osgood |
| Studio Name/Location | 330 East Main Street, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Date Original | 1907 |
| Description | Photograph shows the interior of the Central Union Telephone Company telephone operator room. There are nine women seated in front of switchboards and three other women, two seated and one standing at a desk switchboard. There are two celing fans and a gas light fixture hanging from the ceiling. There is a clock on the back wall that reads ten minutes to 2 o'clock. |
| Location Depicted | 26 North Cherry Street, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Subject | Telephone companies
Telephone operators
Telephone switchboards
Women
Galesburg (Ill.)
Photographic prints
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| Notes | The Central Union Telephone Company was located above the Farmers and Mechanics Bank. There are a few torn edges at the top of the photo and some tiny scratches on the left and middle. There is also some discoloration on the upper left of the photograph. Address verified in the 1907 Galesburg City Directory. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact Galesburg Public Library archivist at pattym@galesburglibrary.org |
| Image Number | P0147 |
| Repository | Galesburg Public Library Archives, 40 E. Simmons Street, Galesburg, IL 61401 |
| Repository Collection | Photographic collection |
| Object Description | 1 photograpgh : sepia toned ; 7.75 x 10 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Digital image captured using a Microtek ScanMaker 9600XL with transparent media adapter. TIFF file created from a photographic print scanned at 8-bit grayscale 600ppi. The master scan is untouched, but this display image was enhanced by adjusting the contrast +11 and the brightness -1 using Adobe Photoshop 7.0. |
| Date Digital | 2004-04-13 |
| File Name | gplP0147 |
| 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. |
