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| Title | Daughters of Civil War veterans |
| Studio Name/Location | Osgood Photo Supply Company, 330 East Main Street, Galesburg, Illinois |
| Date Original | 1906 |
| Description | Group photograph of the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War and Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic standing and sitting near the memorial sculpture of Mother Bickerdyke, Army nurse on the north side of the the Knox County Courthouse lawn. All of the women are wearing various commemorative medals, ribbons and arm bands. Image also shows patriotic banners and bunting draping the building and a large portrait of Abraham Lincoln and unknown soldier. |
| Location Depicted | South Cherry Street, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Subject | Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1861-1865
Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic
Knox County (Ill.). Courthouse
Bickerdyke, Mary Ann, 1817-1901
Patriotic societies
Flags
Monuments & memorials
Women
Clothing & dress
Galesburg (Ill.)
Group portraits
Portrait photographs
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| Notes | Writing on back of photograph "Daughters of..." (writing illegible because of damage). |
| Ordering Information | Please contact Galesburg Public Library archivist at pattym@galesburglibrary.org |
| Image Number | P-0690 |
| Repository | Galesburg Public Library Archives, 40 E. Simmons Street, Galesburg, IL 61401 |
| Repository Collection | Photographic collection |
| Object Description | 1 photograph : sepia toned ; 11 x 13 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Digital image captured using a Microtek ScanMaker 9600XL with transparent media adapter. TIFF file created from a photographic print scanned at 8-bit grayscale 600ppi. The master scan is untouched, but this display image was enhanced by adjusting the input level of the shadows from 0 to 25, and the highlights from 255 to 251, and by adjusting contrast +14 using Adobe Photoshop 7.0. |
| Date Digital | 2004-03-12 |
| File Name | gplP0690 |
| 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. |
