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| Title | Charles H. Osgood photo studio in Wataga, Ill. |
| Photographer | Osgood |
| Studio Name/Location | Osgood Studio, Wataga, Knox County, Illinois |
| Date Original | ca. 1890 |
| Description | Photograph shows a one-story wooden building that was used as the studio for photographer Charles H. Osgood. Three men are visible, one looking out of a window, one in the doorway next to some framed portraits and the third seated in a horse-drawn buggy at right. A boy is standing in the doorway as well but he is barely visible. A sign on the side of the building reads: "Cha.' H. Osgood photographer. All kinds of pictures copy'd & enlarged. Frames & fittings at wholesale prices." A large window is on the far left. |
| Location Depicted | Wataga, Knox County, Illinois |
| Subject | Osgood, Charles H.
Photographers
Photographic studios
Photographs
Photography
Wooden buildings
Men
Carts & wagons
Horses
Signs (Notices)
Windows
Houses
Fences
Trees
Wataga (Ill.)
Glass negatives
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| Notes | Osgood was not listed in the Galesburg City Directory until 1892. There is some damage to the glass plate on the upper and right edges. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact the Galesburg Public Library archivist at (309)-343-6118 or at pattym@galesburglibrary.org |
| Image Number | P0000 |
| 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 photogrpah scanned at 8 bit grayscale. The master scan is untouched, but this display image was enhanced by adjusting the input level of the cotnrast from 0 to +5 and the brightness from 0 to +2 using Adobe Photoshop CS. |
| 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. |
