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| Title | St. Mary's School |
| Photographer | Osgood |
| Studio Name/Location | 330 East Main Street, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Date Original | 1909 |
| Description | Glass plate image of the exterior of St. Mary's School in Knoxville, Illinois. It is a brick and stone U shaped building. The main part of the building is in the center with two side wings on either side. There is a steeple in the center with a cross on top. There is a large yard in front with winding sidewalks and a fountain in the center. There is fencing in the foreground and a chapel off to the right. |
| Location Depicted | 4 North of Park, Knoxville, Knox County, Illinois |
| Subject | St. Mary's School (Knoxville, Ill.)
Boarding schools
Schools
Buildings
Knoxville (Ill.)
Glass negatives
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| Notes | There are many large and small white scratches showing, mostly on the upper portion of the glass plate. There are also dark areas on the edges and what appears to be some water damage. This was the second building erected after the first building burned down in 1883. Address confirmed using 1913 Galesburg/Knoxville City Directory. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact Galesburg Public Library archivist at pattym@galesburglibrary.org |
| Image Number | GPB002 |
| Repository | Galesburg Public Library Archives, 40 E. Simmons Street, Galesburg, IL 61401 |
| Repository Collection | Photographic collection |
| Object Description | 1 negative : glass, b&w ; 5 x 8 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Digital image captured using a Microtek ScanMaker 9600XL with transparent media adapter. TIFF file created from a glass negative scanned at 8-bit grayscale 1200ppi. The master scan is untouched, but this display image was enhanced by adjusting the input level of the shadows from 0 to 9, the midtones from 1.00 to 1.26 and the highlights from 255 to 198 using Adobe Photoshop 7.0. |
| Date Digital | 2004-03-30 |
| File Name | gplGPB002 |
| 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. |
