January 12th through the 15th is Be a Tourist in Your Own Backyard Weekend
Each year, the Quad Cities Convention & Visitor’s Bureau partners with area businesses to offer deals on hotels, restaurants, shopping and attractions.
The Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center has tourist guides from years past filed in our Ephemera Collection.
Take a look at these brochures from 35 and 45 years ago.

“Quad Cities USA: More for you to see and do” [1982]

“Points of Interest” [ca.1972]
Quad Cities USA: More for you to See & Do (Quad-City Development Group, ca. 1982).
Points of Interest (City of Davenport, Iowa, ca. 1972).