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| Title | [Galesburg Public Library parade float] |
| Date Original | ca. 1925 |
| Description | Photograph shows four young women dressed in long light colored garments sitting on the back of a decorated flatbed truck which is decorated with cloth and paper flowers. The truck is parked behind the Carnegie Library. Some of the paper flowers spell out the letters "GPL" There is what appears to be a large representation of a book with a diamond shape in the center and a stream of flowers hanging over it. There are names carved into the stonework near the roof of the library which read, "Lowell, Emerson, Carlyle, Macau..." |
| Location Depicted | Southeast corner of Broad and Simmons Street, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Subject | Galesburg (Ill.). Public Library
Floats (Parades)
Women
Stonework
Architectural elements
Galesburg (Ill.)
Photographic prints
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| Notes | There are some dark areas at the left and right edges of the image. Address verified in the 1926 Galesburg City Directory. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact the Galesburg Public Library archivist at pattym@galesburgpubliclibrary.org |
| Image Number | P0203 |
| Repository | Galesburg Public Library Archives |
| Repository Collection | Photographic collection |
| Object Description | 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 9.5 |
| 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 +16, and the brightness from 0 to +21 using Adobe PhotoShop CS. |
| Date Digital | 2005-09-06 |
| File Name | gplp0203 |
| Original Database | This 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. |
