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| Title | Central Fire Station and new truck |
| Photographer | Osgood |
| Studio Name/Location | Osgood Photo Supply, 330 East Main Street, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Date Original | January 22, 1939 |
| Description | Image shows seven men standing on an extendable ladder of the Galesburg Fire Department's new truck. The ladder has been raised to a height above the fire department building's tower. There are four firemen standing on the back of the truck and one man standing on a trailer hooked to it. There is a crowd of men and boys on the far left. The Register Mail newspaper building can be seen on the far left. On the far right of the image, a corner of the Central Hotel can be seen with an advertisement painted on the wall that reads "Fogarty's Tavern, 24 ounce glass of beer, 10 cents." There is also a small Coca-Cola sign on the building. |
| Location Depicted | 150 East Simmons Street, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Subject | Galesburg Fire Department (Galesburg, Ill.)
Fire stations
Fire fighters
Fire engines & equipment
Ladders
Uniforms
Towers
Men
Children
Crowds
Street lights
Architectural elements
Architectual decorations & ornaments
Galesburg (Ill.)
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| Notes | Address verified in a 1938 Galesburg City Directory. The building shown in this image is now the Galesburg Community Center. Negative available. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact the Galesburg Public Library archivist at 309-343-6118 or at pattym@galesburglibrary.org |
| Image Number | N-A037 |
| Repository | Galesburg Public Library |
| Repository Collection | Photographic collection |
| Object Description | 1 negative: b&w ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Digital image captured using a Epson Expression 1680 scanner with transparent media adapter. TIFF file created from a negative scanned at 8-bit grayscale 1200ppi. The master scan is untouched but this display image was enhanced by adjusting the shadows from 0 to 48, the midtones from 1.00 to 1.00 and the highlights from 255 to 245 and the contrast from 0 to +10 using Adobe PhotoShop CS. |
| Date Digital | 2010-05-14 |
| File Name | gplna037 |
| 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. |
