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UMVDIA Spotlight: “Mrs. Seth Temple Daughter”
This sweet photograph of a little girl with her doll in an outdoor scene was taken in 1918 by J. B. Hostettler of Davenport, Iowa. The original negative envelope was labeled “Mrs. Seth Temple daughter.” From our research, we have … Continue reading
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Tagged Davenport (Iowa), Genealogy, Hostetler Studios, Local History, Photographs, Seth Temple
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Flower Power Displays at Vander Veer Park
As we approach the official start of summer better known as the summer solstice, we see the verdant plants of the City of Davenport’s Parks growing and blooming. As part of the Vander Veer Follow Your Roots program at our … Continue reading
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Tagged Davenport (Iowa), Flowers, Frank Wulf, Vander Veer Botanical Park
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Celebrating Teachers: Ada Copley Phelps
As another school year comes to an end, we looked through our photograph collections for images of local teachers. We found the Davenport High School graduation photos of Ada Rebecca Copley from 1918. Ada was born January 28, 1900 near … Continue reading
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Tagged Ada Copley, Ada Phelps, Glen Phelps, Graduations, Teacher
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Davenport’s First Chinese Immigrants
In honor of Asian and Pacific American Heritage Month, we’ve put our minds to uncovering the earliest Davenporters of Asian descent: Chinese immigrants in the laundry business. This advertisment ran daily in the Davenport Gazette daily from June 26-July 3rd, … Continue reading
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Tagged Chinese Americans, Laundry, Lee, Local History, Lung, Wah
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Davenport in the Digital Public Library of America
Would you like to explore the history of Davenport and Scott County but are unable to travel to our Special Collections Center to peruse our shelves and archives? With the dedicated work of the Digital Public Library of America and … Continue reading
Posted in Library, Local History
Tagged Davenport Public Library, Local History, Photographs, Resources
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The Cyclone Events of May 9th and 19th, 1918
May 9, 1918 had been a dreary day in Scott County, Iowa. Earlier in the day rain and hail had covered the area. Finally, in late afternoon the skies began to clear and a rainbow appeared. In the small agricultural … Continue reading
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Tagged Amelia Priest, Baker's Horse, Bernhardt Hofsrud, Brice Johnson, Crystal Lake, Cyclone, Eldridge, Ella Schneckloth, Emma Dammann, Emma Hofsrud, Franklin Park, Fred Bismark Rohlf, Helena Arp, John Priest, Peter Arp, Peter Schneckloth, Roy Hofsrud, Tornado, vincent Hofsrud, Vivian Hofsrud
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The Karolyn Hall Luther Photograph Collection
April showers have been giving us a good soaking these last few days of the month — hopefully we will see no flooding along area waterways as a result. The waters of Davenport’s Duck Creek often jumped their banks in … Continue reading
In Memoriam: Mike Weir
Charles Michael “Mike” Weir was born December 8, 1947 in Ottumwa to Gerald and Catherine Roberts Weir. He was a 1966 graduate of Ottumwa High School. He married Janice Downing on December 31, 1970. Mike Weir was hired on January … Continue reading
A Quiet Spring Wedding in April
One of our favorite types of materials in our collections are photographs, particularly portraiture. We have a number of collections that feature these types of photographs. One such collection is the Free Studio of Photography Collection which contains photographs taken … Continue reading
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Tagged Davenport (Iowa), Genealogy, Hostetler Studios, Local History, Photographs, Weddings
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