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| Title | May Company |
| Photographer | Osgood |
| Studio Name/Location | Osgood Engraving Company, 352 East Main Street, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Date Original | ca. 1900 |
| Description | Photograph shows the May Company factory in Galesburg, Illinois. On the building is a sign that says Wind-Mills & Pumps, Tanks & Cisterns. There is a windmill on the roof of the building that has printed on it New May. There is also a chimney with dark smoke coming out of it. There are two men loading parts of a windmill onto a horse drawn wagon on the right. There is a house to the left and right of the factory. The street is unpaved and looks muddy. |
| Location Depicted | South Prairie Street, corner of Berrien Street, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Subject | May Company (Galesburg, Ill.)
Windmills
Factories
Buildings
Galesburg (Ill.)
Photographic prints
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| Notes | Address confirmed in the 1900 Galesburg city directory. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact Galesburg Public Library archivist at pattym@galesburglibrary.org |
| Image Number | P0358 |
| Repository | Galesburg Public Library Archives, 40 E. Simmons Street, Galesburg, IL 61401 |
| Repository Collection | Photographic collection |
| Object Description | 1 photograph : b & w ; 6.5 x 9.5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Digital image captured using a Microtek ScanMaker 9600XL with transparent media adapter. TIFF file created from a photographic print scanned at 8-bit grayscale 1200ppi. The master scan is untouched, but this display image was enhanced by adjusting the the contrast +12 and the darkness -5 Adobe Photoshop 7.0. |
| Date Digital | 2004-04-28 |
| File Name | gpl0358 |
| 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. |
