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| Title | Digging foundation for building on South Cherry Street |
| Photographer | Osgood |
| Studio Name/Location | Osgood Photo Supply Company, 330 East Simmons Street, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Date Original | ca. 1903 |
| Description | Image shows men working in a pit with teams of horses and wagons hauling soil out to lay the foundation for a building on the east side of South Cherry Street just south of Simmons Street. There are several more horses and wagons waiting in the street. The men in the pit are using hand shovels to dig the foundation of what is assumed to be a basement. The Galesburg Post Office and the Galesburg Public Library can be seen across the street. There is a small building to the right of the pit and a corner of the Brown's Business College building can be seen in the upper right corner of the image. The cupola of Churchill School can be seen just to the left of the library chimney. |
| Location Depicted | South Cherry Street, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Subject | Construction workers
Construction
Laborers
Carts & wagons
Horse teams
Horses
Basements
Building construction
Digging
Post offices
Galesburg Public Library (Galesburg, Ill.)
Galesburg (Ill.)
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| Notes | From the collection of Hazel Coffey Goad and loaned to the library by her son, Ken Goad so that it could be scanned, printed and added to the collection. It is not known at this time what building was going to be erected at the site in this image due to a lack of Galesburg City Directories during this time period. The Galesburg Public Library was opened on that site in 1902. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact the Galesburg Public Library archivist at 309-343-6118 or at pattym@galesburglibrary.org |
| Image Number | P2003 |
| Repository | Galesburg Public Library |
| Repository Collection | Photographic collection |
| Object Description | 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 7 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. |
| Date Digital | 2010-05-18 |
| File Name | gplp2003 |
| 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. |
