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| Title | C. B. & Q. Railroad boiler gang |
| Studio Name/Location | Art & Emma, Wash. D. C. |
| Date Original | August 8, 1929 |
| Description | Photograph shows 22 men who were employed in the boiler shop in Galesburg, Ill. by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. They are all wearing work clothes and all but three of the men are wearing caps. Some of the men have goggle type glasses positioned above their caps. |
| Location Depicted | Between Depot and South Seminary Streets, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Subject | Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company
Railroad employees
Railroad shops & yards
Railroad roundhouses
Railroad companies
Railroads
Employees
Working class
Workshops
Clothing & dress
Galesburg (Ill.)
Photographic prints
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| Notes | Written on the front of the photograph "C. B. & Q. R. R. boiler gang, Galesburg, Ill., 8-8-29, photo by Art & Emma, Wash. D. C." Address verified from a 1923 Galesburg city map. |
| Ordering Information | Contact the Galesburg Public Library archivist at (309) 343-6118 or at pattym@galesburglibrary.org |
| Image Number | P1122 |
| Repository | Galesburg Public Library |
| Repository Collection | Photographic collection |
| Object Description | 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9 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 +29, and the brightness from 0 to +19 using Adobe PhotoShop CS. |
| Date Digital | 2006-03-14 |
| File Name | gplp1122 |
| Original Database | This record is from the Upper Mississippi Valley Image Archives. http://umvphotoarchive.org, a collaborative project of cultural heritage organizations in the Iowa-Illinois Mississippi region. |
