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Category Archives: Local History
A Snapshot of Cook’s Point
We recently received a donation of pictures purchased at Estate Sales. One of the photographs shows homes in Cook’s Point. Earlier this year, we were also fortunate to receive a donation of items used at former resident’s reunions, including a hand drawn map with … Continue reading
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Tagged Cook's Point, hispanic, Maps, National Hispanic Heritage Month, neighborhoods, Photographs
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Getting Our Feet Wet: The flood of September 2016? *Updated 10/06/2016
The first day of autumn 2016 came with surprising news for those of us who haven’t been focused on the weather. Yes, a Mississippi River flood watch has been issued for the upcoming days at Lock and Dam 15. September is … Continue reading
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Tagged 1965 Flood, 2016 Flood, Floods, Mississippi River, weather
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The Davenport Cardinals
Football season has started! The start of professional football yesterday brought to mind a mystery photo in our collection. It was labeled “City Champs 1925” and the players sport a large letter “C” on their uniforms. What football team was this? … Continue reading
Davenport’s Transit Workers
With the arrival of Labor Day this Monday, September 5th and Davenport’s CitiBus service in the news of late, we here at DPL’s Richardson Sloane Special Collections Center (the officially-designated archives for the City of Davenport) would like to highlight some of the information we … Continue reading
Back to School: The return of smiling faces
With school back in session after summer break, we thought we would take a look back at the excitement of the first day of school in 1907. Schools reopened for students on September 3rd that year. The Daily Times noted in … Continue reading
To Catch a Summer Breeze: The Upper Lagoon at Vander Veer Park
As an antidote to the heat and humidity of August, we share this photograph from our collection that we hope will evoke a cool and tranquil experience of the outdoors: This photograph of the Upper Lagoon in Vander Veer Botanical Park was taken in about 1915. A stream … Continue reading
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Tagged A. W. Vander Veer, Stone Bridge, Upper Lagoon, Vander Veer Botanical Park
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Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival Posters
The 45th Annual Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival kicks off today! Stop by the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center and browse through our collection of posters from past years, donated to us by our friends at the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Society and the Bix … Continue reading
Riepe & Pratt’s: Swimming 1862 style
As the heat of summer continues to warm most us to unpleasant levels; we decided to take a look back on ways Davenporters have kept cool in the past. We were excited to come across this advertisement for Riepe & Pratt’s … Continue reading
Migration Is Beautiful
Our colleagues from the Iowa Women’s Archives at the University of Iowa just launched a new website that we’re very excited about! Migration is Beautiful was unveiled last week at the 2016 League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) National Convention in Washington, … Continue reading
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Tagged hispanic, Iowa, iowa women's archives, latinos, online resources, Oral History, university of Iowa
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Racing all the Rage: Bicyclists Speed Through Davenport on the Fourth of July, 1901
From their earliest days, the citizens of Davenport have loved to race. Looking through newspapers and other records, we have come across foot races, horse races, and running races. This year, when researching the history of past Fourth of July’s, we … Continue reading
