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| Title | American Legion delivers their Christmas packages |
| Photographer | Osgood |
| Studio Name/Location | 330 east Main Street, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Date Original | December 1934 |
| Description | Photograph shows six men standing in front of a replica train engine made from a truck and replica railroad car loaded with toys in front of the Broadview Hotel. A seventh man is sitting behind the wheel of the truck and the man farthest to the right is dressed up as Santa Claus. The rest are in suits, hats and winter coats. The windows on the first floor of the hotel have letters in the upper portions which read (AMERI)CAN LEGION. |
| Location Depicted | 22 Public Square, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Subject | American Legion (Galesburg, Ill.)
Broadview Hotel (Galesburg, Ill.)
Model railroads
Santa Claus
Hotels
Men
Clothing & dress
Streets
Galesburg (Ill.)
Photographic prints
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| Notes | Written on the back of the photograph, "American Legion Xmas, 1934, delivered thier Xmas packages. Photo taken on west side of Broad Street. Building in background old Union Hotel later Broadview Hotel. Address verified in the 1934 Galesburg City Directory. There is some damage to the upper left side of the photograph and the lower right. Negative available. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact the Galesburg Public Library archivist at pattym@galesburglibrary.org |
| Image Number | P0915b |
| 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 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 +10 and the brightness from 0 to -6 using Adobe PhotoShop CS. |
| Date Digital | 2005-03-15 |
| File Name | gplp0915b |
| 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. |
