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| Title | G. A. R encampment parade |
| Date Original | May 23, 1906 |
| Description | Image shows members of the Grand Army of the Republic parading down Main St. in Galesburg, Ill. Two cannons can be seen being pulled down the street by several horses. There are flags, ribbons and bunting flying from a wire over the street as well as flags hanging from the sides of the buildings. On one of the buildings there is a banner with the word "comrades" on it. There is a large banner over the street on the left but the words are obscured and only the letters GAR can be made out. |
| Location Depicted | East Main Street, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Subject | Grand Army of the Republic.
Parades & processions
Veterans
Cannons
Horses
Flags
Crowds
Buildings
Storefronts
Street railroad tracks
Electric lines
Streets
Galesburg (Ill.)
Photographic prints
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| Notes | Written on the back of the photograph: "G.A.R. encampment, Galesburg, Ill. May 23, 1906." |
| Ordering Information | Please contact the Galesburg Public Library archivist at 309-343-6118 or at pattym@galesburglibrary.org |
| Image Number | P0018 |
| Repository | Galesburg Public Library |
| Repository Collection | Photographic collection |
| Object Description | 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.5 x3.5 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 grayscale 600ppi. The master scan is untouched but this display image was enhanced by adjusting the brightness from 0 to -8 and the contrast from 0 to +40 using Adobe Photoshop CS. |
| Date Digital | 2008-12-30 |
| File Name | gplp0018 |
| 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. |
