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| Title | Interior view of Ovson Egg Company |
| Studio Name/Location | Fromader, Davenport, Iowa |
| Date Original | ca. 1930's (?) |
| Description | Photograph of men and women working to pack eggs at the Ovson Egg Company located at 1225 West Second Street in Davenport, Iowa. Five women are standing at a table and appear to be transferring eggs from pails to cartons. One man appears to be supervising, two other men are moving boxes, and a fourth man is working at a machine. |
| Location Depicted | 1224 West Second Street, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa |
| Subject | Ovson Egg Company (Davenport, Iowa)
Food industry
Eggs
Shipping
Machinery
Employment
Men
Women
Davenport (Iowa)
Photographic prints
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| Ordering Information | Please contact Davenport Public Library at (563) 326-7902 or specialcollections@davenportlibrary.com. |
| Image Number | VM89-000571 |
| Repository | Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center, Davenport Public Library, 321 Main Street, Davenport, Iowa 52801 |
| Repository Collection | Davenport Chamber of Commerce Photograph Collection |
| Object Description | 1 photograph : 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 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 18, the midtones from 1.00 to 0.78, and the highlights from 255 to 244 using Adobe Photoshop 7.0. |
| Date Digital | 2003-09-04 |
| File Name | dplVM89-000571 |
| CD Volume Name | DPLVolume20 |
| 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. |
