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DVD

Selections from Galesburg history : 1830 to present

Call Number

  • H DVD 977.417 S4648 (CEN)

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Performers

Presented by Keith Martin, curator of the Galesburg Historical Museum.

Publication Information

Galesburg, Michigan : The Friends of the Galesburg Library, [2014]

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (approximately 369 minutes) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

"The purpose of these DVDs is to present to viewers selections of Galesburg (Michigan) history with the intent to inform and entertain without bogging down in too much detail"--Introduction inserted in containers.

Notes

Lecture includes the projection of still images.

Contents

  • Part 1 (approximately 2 hr., 49 min.). General timeline ; Railroads and interurbans ; Deacon Williard F. Mills, Joseph Smiley, poet, and Ike Payne
  • Part 2 (approximately 3 hr., 20 min.). Burgess Seed Co., movie stars ; GA schools, inventors ; F. Chiverton, Shafter/Sumner Cemetary [sic], businesses ; Wm Shafter, comings.

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