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| Title | Butler Manufacturing inspection of building |
| Photographer | Gliessman |
| Studio Name/Location | Gliessman Studios, 311 East Main Street, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Date Original | August 14, 1953 |
| Description | Photograph shows twelve executives inspecting the Butler Manufacturing plant building #25 and the products on site. There are also 13 factory employees working at large machines and other jobs around the area. There are several large rolls of sheet metal around the area and 3 of the men appear to be manufacturing long narrow strips of what is probably steel with a bent edge on one side. It is not known at this time who the men are in the photograph. |
| Location Depicted | 1020 South Henderson Street, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Subject | Butler Manufacturing Company (Galesburg, Ill.)
Factories
Metalwork
Metalworking
Steel
Steel industry
Employees
Industry
Industrial facilities
Men
Buildings
Clothing & dress
Galesburg (Ill.)
Photographic prints
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| Notes | Written underneath the photograph: "Inspection of building Purlin setup. Bldg. #25, Galesburg, Ill." Address verified in the 1954 Galesburg City Directory. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact the Galesburg Public Library archivist at pattym@galesburglibrary.org |
| Image Number | P1651 |
| Repository | Galesburg Public Archives |
| Repository Collection | Photographic collection |
| Object Description | 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 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 +17 and the brightness from 0 to +17 using Adobe Photoshop CS. |
| Date Digital | 2005-06-09 |
| File Name | gplp1651 |
| 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. |
