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| Title | West Theater exterior |
| Photographer | Humphrey, Dale |
| Date Original | ca. 1954 |
| Description | Photograph shows the exterior of the West Theater, Kelly's Barber Shop and the Continental Clothing House on South Prairie Street. There are two movies advertised at the theater, The Unearthly and The Beginning of the End. There are four women walking north in front of the barber shop and there is a parked automobile on the left. |
| Location Depicted | 38 to 50 South Prairie Street, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Subject | West Theater (Galesburg, Ill.)
Continental Clothing House (Galesburg, Ill.)
Kelly's Barber Shop (Galesburg, Ill.)
Theaters
Motion picture posters
Motion picture theaters
Stores & shops
Barbershops
Electric lighting
Automobiles
Women
Clothing & dress
Buildings
Galesburg (Ill.)
Photographic prints
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| Notes | This photograph was loaned to the Galesburg Public Library so that it could be scanned and saved to disc. The address was verifed in the 1954 Galesburg City Directory. There is some damage to the image on the lower left. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact the Galesburg Public Library archivist at pattym@galesburglibrary.org |
| Image Number | P1452 |
| Repository | Galesburg Public Library Archives |
| Repository Collection | Photographic collection |
| Object Description | 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.75 x 4.75 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Digital image cpatured using an Epson Expression 1680 scanner with transparent media adapter. TIFF file created froma print photograph scanned at 1200ppi. The master scan is untouched, but this display image was enahnced by adjusting the brightness from 0 to +21 and the contrast from 0 to +13 using Adobe Photoshop CS. |
| Date Digital | 2005-05-24 |
| File Name | gplp1452 |
| 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. |
