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| Title | Orpheum Theatre exterior |
| Photographer | Dale Humphrey |
| Date Original | 1956 |
| Description | Photograph shows the exterior of the Orpheum Theatre. There is a long line of children and adults waiting to get in and they are lining the sidewalk from the ticket booth to the north. There are two movies advertised on the marquee, The Toy Tiger and The Rawhide Years. There are several automobiles driving by and the street is paved with bricks. To the north of the Orpheum is a children's clothing store named The Baby Bunting and the Bank of Galesburg. Across the street to the north is the Bondi Building. |
| Location Depicted | 57 South Kellogg Street, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Subject | Orpheum Theatre (Galesburg, Ill.)
Baby Bunting, The (Galesburg, Ill.)
Bank of Galesburg (Galesburg, Ill.)
Bondi Building (Galesburg, Ill.)
Motion picture theaters
Motion picture audiences
Marquees
Automobiles
Bicycles & tricycles
Fire escapes
Awnings
Windows
Ticket offices
Men
Women
Children
Clothing & dress
Buildings
Galesburg (Ill.)
Film negatives
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| Notes | This image was loaned to the library by Mrs. Dale Humphrey so that it could be scanned and saved to disc. The address was verified in the 1956 Galesburg City Directory. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact the Galesburg Public Library archivist at pattym@galesburglibrary.org |
| Image Number | P0309 |
| Repository | Galesburg Public Library Archives |
| Repository Collection | Photographic collection |
| Object Description | 1 negative : b&w ; 3.75 x 4.75 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Digital image captured using an Epson Expression 1680 scanner with transparent media adapter. TIFF file created from a print 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 +37 and the brightness from 0 to +31 using Adobe Photoshop CS. |
| Date Digital | 2005-05-24 |
| File Name | gplp0309 |
| 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. |
