Title	Gail Borden, Spring Street
Description	Gail Borden (1801-1874) was born in upstate New York. He had several occupations over the years including surveyor, land developer (Galveston, Texas), inventor of food preserving processes for meat and milk, and manufacturer. In 1856 he was granted a patent for a process for condensing milk and opened plants in New York and Connecticut. His third wife, Emeline Church, who had lived in Elgin and knew about the abundant dairy farms in the area, suggested he site another plant here. The Elgin Milk Condensing Company began in 1865 in a former tannery near Brooke and North Streets. Mr. Borden never lived in Elgin, preferring to spend his time in New York and Texas.
Subject	Libraries--Illinois--Elgin Library buildings--Illinois--Elgin Library construction Elgin (Ill.) -- History
Keywords	Library founders
Proper Names-Subject	Borden, Gail Church, Emeline
Organization-Subject	Gail Borden Public Library District
Contributing Institution	Gail Borden Public Library District
Date Original	1870-
Type	Image
Format	paper
Source	Gail Borden Public Library, Spring Street
City	Elgin (Ill.)
State	Illinois
Country	United States
Rights	This material may be protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S. Code) and is intended solely for personal or educational use. Any commercial use without permission is prohibited.
Time Period	1870s (1870-1879)
SourceSummary	Photographs of the Gail Borden Library, its staff and its patrons from the building located on Spring Street.
AcquisitionData	Tagged Image File Format (TIFF), 600 DPI, 8-bit gray-scale (256 grays), HP ScanJet 6100C, Adobe Photoshop v.5.5
Date Created	1870-
PlaceKept	Fire safe, Administration, SPR-037
Language	eng
ItemOrder	37
CompoundDoc	Yes
CollectionsID	50211
Browse Topic	Domestic/Community/Social Life Engineering & Construction Libraries
Collection Name	Gail Borden Public Library History