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| Title | Acme Milling Company |
| Date Original | ca. 1895 |
| Description | Photograph shows the Acme Milling Company located in Galesburg, Illinois. This is a large wood frame building with a large sign with the company name on it between the third and fourth floors. There are five people visible including a woman in a doorway and a man on a horse drawn wagon. The wagon is parked underneath a chute that is coming from the inside of the building. There is a smaller brick building to the right and a barn on the left. |
| Location Depicted | 132 South Chambers Street, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Subject | Acme Milling Company (Galesburg, Ill.)
Granaries
Flour & meal industry
Buildings
Wooden buildings
Carts & wagons
Men
Women
Galesburg (Ill.)
Photographs
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| Notes | There is a slight dark discoloration on the upper right of the photograph. Address confirmed in the 1893 and 1900 Galesburg City Directories. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact Galesburg Public Library archivist at pattym@galesburglibrary.org |
| Image Number | P0394 |
| Repository | Galesburg Public Library Archives, 40 E. Simmons Street, Galesburg, IL 61401 |
| Repository Collection | Photographic collection |
| Object Description | 1 photograph : sepia toned ; 4.5 x 8 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Digital image captured using a Microtek ScanMaker 9600XL with transparent media adapter. TIFF file created from a photograph scanned at 8-bit grayscale at 1200 ppi. The master scan is untouched but this display image was enhanced by adjusting the input level of the shadows from 0 to 52, the contrast -1 and the brightness +21 using Adobe Photoshop 7.0. |
| Date Digital | 2004-04-28 |
| File Name | gplP0394 |
| Original Database | This record is from the Upper Mississippi Valley Digital Image Archive, http://www.umvphotoarchive.org, a collaborative project of cultural heritage organizations in the Iowa-Illinois Mississippi River region. |
