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| Title | Galesburg floods, 1926 |
| Photographer | Osgood, C.H. |
| Studio Name/Location | Osgood Photo Supply Company, 330 East Main Street, Galesburg, Illinois |
| Date Original | September 1, 1926 |
| Description | Image shows the Galesburg Horse & Mule Market on North Cherry Street in Galesburg, Illinois. The street is flooded from the Cedar Fork Creek overflowing it's banks. There are three automobiles visible also in the flood water. Railroad crossing gates are visible to the right and a white horse is struggling to pull a large wagon. The sign above the horse and mule market says: "Galesburg Horse & Mule Market, Commission Sales Stables, Auction Every Thursday". It was also known as the Marsh Sales Barn. There is a carved stone in the upper portion of the brick portion of the horse market building that has carved into it "Leroy Marsh, 1877-1912". The photographer was standing next to a tree and you can see the trunk and branches in the foreground. |
| Location Depicted | 188 North Cherry Street, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois |
| Subject | Cedar Fork Creek (Ill.)
Galesburg Horse & Mule Market (Ill.)
Floods
Horse industry
Galesburg (Ill.)
Glass negatives
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| Notes | The photographer scratched his name, " Osgood", onto the negative as well as "Cherry St" and "Sep 1 26". Address confirmed in 1926 Galesburg City Directory. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact Galesburg Public Library archivist at pattym@galesburglibrary.org |
| Image Number | GPB106 |
| Repository | Galesburg Public Library Archives, 40 E. Simmons Street, Galesburg, IL 61401 |
| Repository Collection | Photographic collection |
| Object Description | 1 negative : glass, b&w ; 5 x 7 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 8, and by adjusting contrast +8 using Adobe Photoshop 7.0. |
| Date Digital | 2004-03-31 |
| File Name | gplGPB106 |
| 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. |
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