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Knox County Oil Company service station
Title
Knox
County
Oil
Company
service
station
Date Original
December
,
1941
Description
Image
shows
four
men
,
employees
of the
Knox
County
Oil
Company
standing
outside
the
company
service
station.
Gas
pumps
can
be
seen
on the
left
and the
pump
on the
right
has the
words
"Aladdin
Gas"
on
it.
There
is
a
garage
door
on the
right
with the
word
"Greasing"
above
it.
The
men
are
all
wearing
company
uniforms
with
bow
ties
and
three
of the
men
are
wearing
lace
up
boots.
The
words
"Knox
County
Oil"
can
be
seen
at the
top
of the
image.
Location Depicted
95
North
Seminary
Street
,
Galesburg
,
Knox
County
,
Illinois
Subject
Knox County Oil Company (Galesburg, Ill.)
Automobile service stations
Mechanics (Persons)
Gasoline pumps
Uniforms
Galesburg (Ill.)
Notes
Address
verified
in a
1941
Galesburg
City
Directory.
Ordering Information
Please contact the Galesburg Public Library archivist at 309-343-6118 or at pattym@galesburglibrary.org
Image Number
NB346a
Repository
Galesburg Public Library
Repository Collection
Photographic
collection
Object Description
1
negative
:
b&w
;
3.75
x
4.75
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
brightness
from
0
to
-6
and the
contrast
from
0
to
+3
using
Adobe
PhotoShop
CS.
Date Digital
2010-05-05
File Name
gplnb346a
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.
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