Great River Road, 2016

Photograph of a Group of Workers at the Advocate Printing Office

Citation

“Photograph of a Group of Workers at the Advocate Printing Office,” Madison Historical, accessed October 1, 2025, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/2401.

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Description

A photograph of an interior of a building with six men and one woman inside an office separated by a a half wall from the rest of the building. In the center there is a large desk with a man dressed in business attire reading a paper, there are three men standing behind him one wearing a suit, and two men in work clothes leaning against the desk. On the left of the photo graph there is a woman at a type writer. There are two light fixtures with bulbs hanging from the ceiling and various clutter around the office. There is a calendar on the wall that suggests that the month is February on a leap year possibly 1868, 1896, or earlier or later.

Transcription

  • ADVOCATE PRINTING OFFICE GREENVILLE DENNY DONELL

Source

  • SIUE Archives

Subjects

  • industry
  • education

Date

November 13, 2023

Language

English

Type

  • Photograph

Format

  • Black and white photographic print
  • jpg

Physical Dimensions

8.9 x 10 [inches]

Coverage

  • 1890s-1920s
  • Greenville

Identifier

  • Gardner_Juan_O_0001
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