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| Title | Election bet at Galesburg Fire Station |
| Photographer | Osgood |
| Studio Name/Location | Osgood Photographs, 352 East Main Street, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Date Original | ca. 1900 |
| Description | Photograph shows a man sitting in a decorated wagon and another man ready to pull the wagon in front of the Galesburg Fire Station. Written on the image is: Election bet, Burton was right, Burns was wrong. There are about 26 men, one woman on a bicycle and two boys around the wagon enjoying the situation. There is a photograph on the back of the wagon. There is a store to the right of the firehouse. A sign on it reads: New and Second Hand Goods. The address number 58 is above the entrance to the fire house. |
| Location Depicted | 58 South Prairie Street, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Subject | Galesburg (Ill.). Fire Department
Fire stations
Fire fighters
Carts & wagons
Wagers
Political elections
Clothing & dress
Hats
Bicycles & tricycles
Men
Uniforms
Photographic prints
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| Notes | The photograph on the back of the wagon may be Theodore Roosevelt who won the presidential election that year. Address confirmed in the 1900 Galesburg City Directory. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact the Galesburg Public Library archivist at pattym@galesburglibrary.org |
| Image Number | P0027 |
| Repository | Galesburg Public Library Archives |
| Repository Collection | Photograph collection |
| Object Description | 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 7 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Digital image captured using an Espon 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 +5 and the brightness from 0 to +9 using Adobe PhotoShop CS. |
| Date Digital | 2005-06-09 |
| File Name | gplp0027 |
| 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. |
