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| Title | Bear Cage at Lincoln Park |
| Date Original | ca. 1922 |
| Description | Photograph shows an unknown man on a ladder either building or repairing the fence around the bear cage at Lincoln Park in Galesburg, Ill. The bear cage and den were built into a small hill with iron bars, concrete and stones. |
| Location Depicted | Lincoln Park, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Subject | Lincoln Park (Galesburg, Ill.)
Cages
Dens
Fences
Ladders
Construction
Parks (Galesburg, Ill.)
Men
Galesburg, Ill.
Photographic prints
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| Notes | Written on the back of the photograph: "Bear cage in Lincoln Park, Galesburg. After the bears died people lived in it." According to articles in the Galesburg Register Mail newspaper the bears were brought to area in the early 1920's and removed sometime in the early 1930's. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact the Galesburg Public Library archivist at 309-343-6118 or at pattym@galesburglibrary.org |
| Image Number | P0385 |
| Repository | Galesburg Public Library |
| Repository Collection | Photographic collection |
| Object Description | 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.5 x 4.5 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 +10 using Adobe Photoshop CS. |
| Date Digital | 2009-01-07 |
| File Name | gplp0385 |
| 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. |
