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| Title | Galesburg District Fair racetrack infield |
| Photographer | Osgood |
| Studio Name/Location | Osgood Photo Supply, 330 East Main Street, Galesburg, Ill. |
| Date Original | ca. 1907 |
| Description | Photograph shows the District Fair grounds grandstand and a man in a horse drawn wagon sitting in the infield of the race track. The grandstand is crowded with people and there are numerous buggies and horses near it. It is covered by a roof with a cupola on top and what appears to be an announcement booth in the center right. |
| Location Depicted | Grand Avenue, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Subject | District Fair Grounds (Galesburg, Ill.)
Racetracks (Horse racing)
Grandstands
Carts & wagons
Carriages & coaches
Horses
Horse racing
Cupolas
Crowds
Galesburg (Ill.)
Photographic prints
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| Notes | Written on the back of the photograph, "Galesburg Dist. Fair Infield. Time of C. W. Williams management. Sandburg worked briefly one summer." Negative available. Address verified from a 1910 Galesburg city map. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact the Galesburg Public Library archivist at (309)-343-6118 or pattym@galesburglibrary.org |
| Image Number | P0329b |
| Repository | Galesburg Public Library |
| Repository Collection | Photograph collection |
| Object Description | 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.25 x 9.5 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 +28, using Adobe PhotoShop CS. |
| Date Digital | 2006-01-31 |
| File Name | P0329b |
| 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 |
