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| Title | An unidentified riverboat with Mobil Oil markings |
| Studio Name/Location | Bawden Brothers Studio, Davenport, Iowa |
| Date Original | ca. 1950 |
| Description | View of towboat with oil barges on the Mississippi River. Arsenal Island, Rock Island levee, and skyline in background. National Guard Armory in the center and WHBF-TV tower at right. |
| Location Depicted | Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois |
| Subject | Towboats
Barges
Mississippi River
Riverboats
Illinois
National Guard Armory (Rock Island, Ill.)
Armories
Business districts
Antennas (Electronics)
Levees
Rock Island (Ill.)
Photographic prints
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| Ordering Information | Contact Chief Curator at (563) 324-1054 ext. 223 or email schlichting@putnam.org |
| Image Number | 1992.72.50 |
| Repository | Putnam Museum of History and Natural Science, 1717 West 12th street, Davenport, Iowa 52804 |
| Repository Collection | Bawden Brothers Collection |
| Object Description | 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Digital image captured using an AcerScan 620U with transparent media adapter. TIFF file created from a print photograph 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 14, the midtones from 1.00 to 0.84, and the highlights from 255 to 251 using Adobe PhotoShop 7.0. |
| Date Digital | 2008-04-29 |
| File Name | put1992_72_50 |
| CD Volume Name | putvolume 9 |
| 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. |
