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Purington bricks and employees
Purington bricks and employees
TitlePurington bricks and employees
Date Originalca. 1920
DescriptionPhotograph shows three men employed by the Purington Brick Works Company moving two loads of bricks on an electric powered machine on rails. There is brick building with a large ventilation tube behind them.
Location DepictedEast Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois
SubjectPurington Brick Works (East Galesburg, Ill.)
Electric lines
Electric railroads
Bricks
Brick industry
Railroad rails
Railroad sidings
Railroad tracks
Employees
Men
Machinery
East Galesburg (Ill.)
Photographic postcards
NotesThis is a postcard image.
Ordering InformationPlease contact the Galesburg Public Library archivist at pattym@galesburglibrary.org
Image NumberP0361b
RepositoryGalesburg Public Library
Repository CollectionPhotographic collection
Object Description1 postcard : b&w ; 3.5 x 5.5 in.
Digital Reproduction InformationDigital image captured using an Epson Expression 1680 scanner with transparent media adapter. TIFF file created from a print photograph scanned at 8-bit grayscale 1200ppi. 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 +12 using Adobe PhotoShop CS.
Date Digital2005-08-02
File Namegplp0361b
Original DatabaseThis record is part of the Upper Mississippi Valley Digital Image Archive, http://www.umvphotoarchive.org, a collaborative project of cultural heritage organizations in the Iowa-Mississippi River region.
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