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| Title | Salvation Army |
| Photographer | Osgood |
| Studio Name/Location | 330 East Main Street, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Date Original | ca. 1931 |
| Description | Photograph shows a group of people standing in front of the Salvation Army building at 147 S. Cherry Street in Galesburg, Illinois. It is a brick building with an arch above the entrance and a bay window on the right. There are lights on either side of the entrance with the letters S and A on each respectively. There is a drum and flag on the left and a United States flag on the right. There is a sign by the door which states, The Salvation Army presented by the Y.P.L. |
| Location Depicted | 147 South Cherry Street, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Subject | Salvation Army of America (Galesburg, Ill.)
Churches
Group portraits
Men
Women
Children
Flags
Drums
Bay windows
Arches
Uniforms
Buildings
Galesburg (Ill.)
Photographic prints
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| Notes | This building is listed in the 1972 Galesburg City Directory as the Salvation Army Citadel, in 1973 the building is listed as vacant. Address also verified in the 1931 Galesburg City Directory. The initials Y. P. L. on the sign by the door stand for Young People's Legion. Negative available. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact the Galesburg Public Library archivist at pattym@galesburglibrary.org |
| Image Number | GPA079 |
| Repository | Galesburg Public Library 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 phtograph 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 +23 and the brightness from 0 to +25 using Adobe PhotoShop CS. |
| Date Digital | 2005-03-01 |
| File Name | gplgpa079 |
| 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. |
