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	Knox County Oil Company Title Knox County Oil Company Date Original December, 1941 Description Image shows the Knox County Oil Company plant on Monmouth Boulevard. Eleven trucks and drivers can be seen. Some of the trucks have the names of small towns printed on the truck doors. Four large gas tanks can be seen and one of the tanks has printed on the side "Knox County Oil Co., Aladdin Gasoline, The magic power fuel." Buildings can be seen to the left and right of the trucks and power lines can be seen on the upper left. There is snow on the ground. Location Depicted 1700 Monmouth Boulevard, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois Subject Knox County Oil Company (Galesburg, Ill.) Gasoline tanks Trucks Petroleum industry Storage tanks Storage facilities 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 NB346b 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 gplnb346c 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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