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| Title | Beecher Chapel |
| Photographer | Osgood |
| Studio Name/Location | 352 East Main Street, Galesburg, Illinois |
| Date Original | ca. 1902 |
| Description | Photograph shows the rear of Beecher Chapel and the Galesburg Public Library in Galesburg, Illinois. The image was taken facing the west. There is a garden area in between the two buildings with many trees, flowers and an arbor with seating on either side of it. There is also what seems to be either a bird bath or fountain between the two buildings. On the upper portion of the library are the names Lowell, Emerson, Dickens, Thackery, Ruskin and Bancroft, and there is a trailing vine on the back portion of the chapel. There is a top portion of a house visible across the street. |
| Location Depicted | City block facing South Broad Street between Simmons and Tompkins Street, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Subject | Beecher Chapel (Galesburg, Ill.)
Galesburg Public Library (Ill.)
Churches
Libraries
Gardens
Arbors (Bowers)
Trees
Buildings
Galesburg (Ill.)
Glass negatives
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| Notes | Addresses and dates confirmed in the 1902-03 Galesburg City Directory. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact Galesburg Public Library archivist at pattym@galesburglibrary.org |
| Image Number | GPA006 |
| Repository | Galesburg Public Library Archives, 40 E. Simmons Street, Galesburg, IL 61401 |
| Repository Collection | Photographic collection |
| Object Description | 1 negative: glass, b&w ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Digital image captured using a Microtek ScanMaker 9600XL with transparent media adapter. TIFF file created from a glass negative scanned at 8-bit grayscale 600ppi. The master scan is untouched, but this display image was enhanced by adjusting the input level of the shadows from 0 to 40 and the highlights from 255 to 251, using Adobe Photoshop 7.0. |
| Date Digital | 2004-03-11 |
| File Name | gplGPA006 |
| 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. |
