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| Title | Marks & Kuhl Store decorated automobile |
| Photographer | Charles H. Osgood |
| Studio Name/Location | Osgood Photo Supply Company, 330 East Main Street, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Date Original | Ca. 1925 |
| Description | Photographs show a decorated automobile with a sign attached to side of the windshield that has Marks & Kuhl printed on it. It has been covered in strips of paper and there are four feathers attached to the windshield and front seats. There is another feather visible attached to the front of the car. There are four women seated in the automobile and an African American man is in the driver's seat. |
| Location Depicted | Northeast corner of Cedar and Simmons St St, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Subject | Marks & Kuhl (Galesburg, Ill.)
Free Kindergarten (Galesburg, Ill.)
Central Congregational Church (Galesburg, Ill.)
Automobiles
Parades & processions
Hats
Feathers
Decorations
Convertible automobiles
African Americans
Men
Women
Galesburg (Ill.)
Photographic prints
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| Notes | Marks & Kuhl is listed in the 1926 Galesburg City Directory as a dry goods and ladies ready-to-wear store. Written on the back of the photograph: "West Simmons, 100 West of Broad showing north side of street." Address verified in a 1926 Galesburg City Directory. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact the Galesburg Public Library archivist at 309-343-6118 or at pattym@galesburglibrary.org |
| Image Number | P0450b |
| Repository | Galesburg Public Library |
| Repository Collection | Photographic collection |
| Object Description | 1 photograph: b&w ; 8 x 10 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. |
| Date Digital | 2009-01-15 |
| File Name | gplp0450b |
| 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. |
