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| Title | Holmes Opera House Store |
| Date Original | ca. 1890 |
| Description | Image shows from left to right, Holmes Opera House Store, Clarkson J. & Co. Groceries, Anderson's Restaurant and Lamphear & Tryner Jewelers & Opticians. The Holmes store advertises Dress Goods, Furnishings, Millinary and Coats. There is a horse and buggy in front of the store. The street is paved with bricks and trolley tracks can be seen in the center of the street. There are 10 hitching posts visible. There are several barrels in front of Clarkson grocery store. There is a man with a long white beard standing between the grocery store and Anderson's Restaurant. |
| Location Depicted | 138 to 154 East Main Street, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois. |
| Subject | Holmes Opera House Store (Galesburg, Ill.)
Clarkson J. & Co. Groceries (Galesburg, Ill.)
Anderson's Restaurant (Galesburg, Ill.)
Lamphear & Tryner Jewelers & Opticians (Galesburg, Ill.)
Hitching posts
Carriages & coaches
Horses
Road, brick
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| Notes | The Holmes Dry Goods store was also known as the Opera House Store as there was a theater on the second floor. Names of stores and address verified in the 1890 Galesburg City Directory. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact the Galesburg Public Library archivist at (309)-343-6118 or at pattym@galesburglibrary.org |
| Image Number | P1392 |
| Repository | Galesburg Public Library |
| Repository Collection | Photographic collection |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Digital image captured using an Epson Expression 1680 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 shadows to 61% and the tonal width to 21% using Adobe Photoshop CS. |
| Date Digital | 2006-05-02 |
| File Name | gplp1392 |
| Original Database | This record is from the Upper Mississippi Valley Image Archive, http://umvphotoarchive.org, a collaborative project of cultural heritage organizations in the Iowa-Mississippi River region. |
