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| Title | Boy Scout float on East Main Street |
| Photographer | Charles H. Osgood |
| Studio Name/Location | 330 East Main Street, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Date Original | ca. 1926 |
| Description | Photograph shows a Boy Scout float in a parade. The float shows a tableaux put on by the scouts taking part in different activities with a large United States flag behind them. There are approximately 14 men pulling the float and there is a sign that has the words "We are pulling for our boys" printed on it. There are three bicycle riders, automobiles, crowds and businesses visible. |
| Location Depicted | 251 to 325 East Main Street, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Subject | Saunders Drive It Yourself System (Galesburg, Ill.)
J. H. Nelson and Co. (Galesburg, Ill.)
Hoover Lott Drug Co. (Galesburg, Ill.)
Gelsin's Bargain Store (Galesburg, Ill.)
O. K. Shoe Hospital (Galesburg, Ill.)
Parades & processions
Stores & shops
Floats (Parades)
Tableaux
Automobiles
Bicycles & tricycles
Crowds
Flags
Signs (Notices)
Awnings
Street railroad tracks
Men
Women
Boys
Children
Galesburg (Ill.)
Photographic prints
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| Notes | Names and addresses of businesses verified in the 1926 Galesburg City Directory. Written on the back of the photograph "No. side of Main east of Kellogg, 150 feet." It is believed that this photograph was taken from an upstairs window Charles Osgood's photo supply store. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact the Galesburg Public Library archivist at 309-343-6118 or at pattym@galesburglibrary.org |
| Image Number | P0450c |
| Repository | Galesburg Public Library |
| Repository Collection | Photographic collection |
| Object Description | 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in. |
| 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 gray 600ppi. The master scan is untouched. but this display image was enhanced by adjusting the brightness from 0 to -4 and the contrast from 0 to +8 using Adobe Photoshop CS. |
| Date Digital | 2009-01-15 |
| File Name | gplp0450c |
| Original Database | This record is from the Upper Mississippi Valley Image Archives. http://umvphotoarchive.org, a collaborative project of cultural heritage organizations in the Iowa-Illinois Mississippi region. |
