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Category Archives: Local History
Mamie and Frank?
This photographic postcard is another “from the purged files at the Annie Wittenmyer Home.” The photographer’s stamp, not visible in this reproduction, reads “Trompter, 520 Edmond St., St. Joseph, MO.” The list of children at the Iowa Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home … Continue reading
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Tagged Annie Wittenmyer Home, Cyphers, Donahoo, Iowa Soldiers' Orphans' Home
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Davenport High School Class of June 1905
With high school graduations fast approaching for the Class of 2025, we wanted to take a moment to look at the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections donation 1991-03: The Davenport High School graduating class June of 1905. This collection features two items … Continue reading
It’s Time for Baseball: St. Ambrose College
We thought this image from our Free Studio of Photography Collection (1998-28) was a perfect fit for the month of May. Taken by the Hostetler Studio in Davenport, this outdoor photo of the St. Ambrose College (now St. Ambrose University) … Continue reading
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Tagged Baseball, Collegians, Metropolitans, St. Ambrose College, St. Ambrose University
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More from the “Purged Files”
The image above is another photo postcard from the “purged files at the Annie Wittenmyer Home” recently donated to the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center. The card is addressed to “Charlut Goff” and bears the greeting “Mery Xmas to you from … Continue reading
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Tagged Annie Wittenmyer Home, Charlotta Goff, Fiddler, Genealogy, Grable, Iowa Soldiers' Orphans' Home, Terrill
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Autographs and Calling Cards: The Sarah Buckwalter Collection
This wonderful collection contains an autograph book (1892 – 1894) and scrapbook filled with calling cards that were the property of Sarah Louisa Buckwalter who was born on September 7, 1880 to Edwin and Mary (Price) Buckwalter in Little’s Grove, … Continue reading
Dolly’s Beautiful Hat
With Easter around the corner we went in search of a photograph with a beautiful hat to honor the Easter parades of the past. Women would dress in their latest spring fashions along with stunning hats for these occasions will … Continue reading
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Tagged Dolly, Easter Parade, Hat Fashion, Hostetler Studios, Photographs
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In Memoriam: Ernest Rodriguez
We here at the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center were saddened by the news that Ernest Rodriguez, civil rights activist and founding member of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) in the Quad Cities, had passed away last Saturday, … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil Rights, Ernest Rodriguez, Holy City, latinos, Local History, Mexican Americans
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Happy April Fools’ Day!
While not an April Fools’ prank, we found this postcard in our collection that made us laugh. This novelty card was printed in 1912 and mailed to Master P. Triem in Monee, Will County, Illinois on July 13th that same … Continue reading
A Little Springtime: Vander Veer’s Iron Fountain
We thought with the weather warming up to look back at this photograph taken in the 1910s of the iron fountain that stood at the Main Street entrance to Central Park (now known as Vander Veer Botanical Park). The fountain … Continue reading
A Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home Friendship
Miss Emma Harper sent this portrait photo postcard to her friend Mamie Cypers at the Iowa Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home in May of 1914. This would have been a few months before 18-year-old Emma’s marriage to Clarence Van Auken in Davenport. … Continue reading
