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Title: Electricity display and booth
Contributor: Gordon, John C. (photographer) (Creator)
Contributing Institution: San José State University, Special Collections and Archives
Collection: John C. Gordon Photographic Collection
Rights Information: For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact San Jose State University Special Collections & Archives department. http://library.sjsu.edu/sjsu-special-collections/sjsu-special-collections-and-archives
Description: Photograph shows PG & E display and booth on electricity. The signs read, "Eyes are Precious, Light is Cheap" and "Here's one way to Light A Lamp / The Best Way is With PG & E Low Rate Electricity!" A bicycle appears to be set up in the booth to be riden to generate power to light the lightbulbs on the back wall of the booth. Material from a large tent appears above this scene.
Scanned with Microtek Scanmaker 1000XL Pro; as a 600 dpi TIFF image in 8-bit Grayscale. Auto Level image processing applied and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS3.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
8 x 10 in.
Identifier: islandora:78_1986
filename: jcg_county_fair_033
oclc: 798965076
islandora: 78_1986
Language: English
Subject: Business & Industry
Technology
Electricity
Fairs
Bicycles & tricycles
Tents
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Place: San Jose
California
Relation: John C. Gordon Photograph Collection

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