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Category Archives: Local History
Hostetler’s Houses: 1505 Grand Avenue
This home at 1505 Grand Avenue (on the corner of East 15th Street) was built circa 1913 for Dr. Charles Edward Glynn and his wife Blanche Jeanette Langan. It was likely photographed by J. B. Hostetler a few years later, … Continue reading
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Tagged East Davenport, Glynn, Grand Avenue, Kleinhen, Local History, Senty
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Happy 70th Anniversary to the Davenport Adult Crossing Guards!
An enormous shout out and thank you to all the Davenport Adult Crossing Guards who have kept children safe on their way to school for the past 70 years. Before the Adult Crossing Guards were established, the busiest (and usually … Continue reading
Treat yourself to Teatime!
Fill your cup with your favorite tea and find a comfy chair or a delightful table and chair to look at these darling children partaking in teatime to celebrate Afternoon Tea Week! These children were photographed by the Hostetler Photography … Continue reading
Hostetler’s Houses: 1517 South/1513 West 12th Street
This handsome Foursquare at 1517 South Street in Davenport was photographed by J.B. Hostetler for owner Charles Markus circa 1913-15. The woman posing in the car (let us know if you can identify the make/model/year!) out front was likely Charles’ … Continue reading
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Tagged Carstens, Coin collectors, Hostetler Studios, Local History, Markus, Mausnest, Photographs, South St., W. 12th St.
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Lazy Summer Days: Summer Camps
Before the days of air conditioning in private homes, many people escaped the summer heat by camping out. It could be as simple as putting a tent in a backyard to escape the heat of a house for relaxing or … Continue reading
Hostetler’s Houses: 701 Brady Street
We’ve featured many of the J.B. Hostetler portraits in this space, but our collection of the Studio’s images also includes a few photographs of area residences. If you are headed up Brady Street hill as a participant in the Bix … Continue reading
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Tagged Beauchaine, Brady Street, J. B. Hostetler, McGee, Prostitution, Slate House
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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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