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| Title | S. S. Kresge Co. |
| Date Original | March 16, 1964 |
| Description | Image shows buildings on East Main Street in Galesburg, Illinois. From left to right S. S. Kresge Company, Household Finance Corporation, the Kresge Building, Kinney Shoe Store, Ellis Jewelers, Eary & Sullivan, W. T. Grant Co., Claire Hat Shop, and Frank's Jewelers. There is a man walking in front of S. S. Kresge's and two automobiles driving east on Main Street. On the far right in the middle of the image is a temperature gauge connected to the First Gaelsburg National Bank building and it appears to read 30 degrees. Further east on the right there is a portion of the Bondi Building visible and a smoke stack above it. |
| Location Depicted | 209 to 225 East Main Street, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Subject | S. S. Kresge Company (Galesburg, Ill.)
Kresge Building (Galesburg, Ill.)
Household Finance Corporation (Galesburg, Ill.)
G. R. Kinney Company (Galesburg, Ill.)
Ellis Jewelry Company (Galesburg, Ill.)
Eary and Sullivan (Galesburg, Ill.)
W. T. Grant Company (Galesburg, Ill.)
Claire Hat Shop (Galesburg, Ill.)
Frank Jewelers (Galesburg, Ill.)
Stores & shops
Storefronts
Window displays
Mailboxes
Parking meters
Street lights
Traffic signs & signals
Automobiles
Streets
Buildings
Galesburg (Ill.)
Film negatives
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| Notes | Names of stores and addresses verified in the 1964 Galesburg City Directory. Negative available. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact the Galesburg Public Library arcivist at pattym@galesburglibrary.org |
| Image Number | NC1582 |
| 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 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 adjusting the contrast from 0 to +9 and the brightness from 0 to +27 using Adobe PhotoShop CS. |
| Date Digital | 2005-03-15 |
| File Name | gplnc1582 |
| 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. |
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