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| Title | [Boy and girl at flower parade] |
| Photographer | Osgood |
| Studio Name/Location | Osgood Photo Supply, 330 East Main Street, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Date Original | ca. 1898 |
| Description | Photograph shows a boy and girl in costume for a flower parade. The boy is wearing a costume that appears to be remeniscent of men's clothing from the 1700s, a wig and a shawl of flowers. The little girl is wearing a short light-colored dress with a large bow in her hair and on her shoes. She is standing next to a doll in a buggy festooned with flowers and a flower umbrella over the buggy. They are standing next to a building at Knox College. A woman is in the background and a birch tree to the left. A sign on the building says Y.M.C.A. |
| Location Depicted | 184 West Tompkins Street, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Subject | Parades & processions
Costumes
Clothing & dress
Boys
Girls
Children
Dolls
Dresses
Flowers
Young Men's Christian associations
Knox College (Galesburg, Ill.)
Galesburg (Ill.)
Photographic prints
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| Notes | The 1900 Galesburg City Directory lists a chapter of the Y.M.C.A. at Knox College as well as a chapter on North Prairie Street in Galesburg. Address verified in the 1900 Galesburg City Directory. Negative available. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact the Galesburg Public Library archivist at (309)-343-6118 or at pattym@galesburglibrary.org |
| Image Number | P0446b |
| Repository | Galesburg Public Library |
| Repository Collection | Photographic collection |
| Object Description | 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 7 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Digital image captured using an Epson Expression 1680 with transparent media adapter. TIFF file created from a print photogrpah scanned at 8 bit grayscale 1200ppi. The master scan is untouched, but this display image was enhanced by adjusting the input level of the contrast from 0 to +7 and the brightness from 0 to +10 using Adobe Photoshop CS. |
| Date Digital | 2006-10-10 |
| File Name | gplp0446b |
| Original Database | This record is from the Upper Mississippi Valley Image Archives. http://umvphotoarchive.org a collaborative project of cultural heritage organizaations in the Iowa-Illinois Mississippi River region. |
