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Kids Who Love Books: Children’s Book Week 2014
May 12-18, 2014 is Children’s Book Week! Established in 1919, Children’s Book Week is the longest-running national literacy initiative in the country. As children were among photographer J.B. Hostetler’s favorite subjects and books one of his favorite props, we thought we … Continue reading
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Tagged Bertha Schmidt, books, Burton F. Peek, Catherine Marshall, cbw14, Charles Curtis Towle, Children, Children's Book Week, Edward Schmidt, Elizabeth A. Crossett, Emma Hartz, Hildegarde Hartz, Hostetler Studios, Jr., Lucy Boney Towle, Marie Kahl, Photographs, Upper Mississippi Valley Digital Image Archive
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What’s in a Map? : Post Office Department reports of site locations, 1837-1950
Our maps have proven to be popular resources with our patrons. Whether you’re looking for visual information on your Davenport home, a glimpse of the city in 1857, your ancestral farm, the land that appears in your great-grandfather’s estate, the … Continue reading
The Flood of 1870: Bridging the gap between memories and measurements
Last year at this time, we were taking pictures and blogging about the Flood of 2013. This year, so far, finds us nicely dry and warming up after a cold, snowy winter. But what attracted our attention this week when … Continue reading
National Library Week: 1961 and Now
The motto for National Library week 1961 was “For a Better-Read, Better-Informed America”. That year, the Davenport Public Library was featured on a half hour TV show, Spectrum, on WHBF. Both the Davenport Morning Democrat and The Daily Times ran … Continue reading
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Tagged 1961, Carnegie Library, Davenport Public Library, National Library Week, statistics
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The wedding of Helen Kohn and David Gottlieb
Helen Josephine Kohn of Davenport married David Sticker Gottlieb of Tiffin, Ohio, on April 7, 1913, at the Outing Club in Davenport. According to the next day’s Davenport Democrat, the wedding was lovely. The Outing Club Ballroom was decorated with … Continue reading
First, Do No Harm – then come see the State of Scott!
The Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center is pleased to offer two programs on Saturday, April 5th: First Do No Harm: Caring for your Family Documents will be held at the Main Library (321 Main Street) from 9:30 – 11:30. Learn how … Continue reading
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Tagged Events, First Do No Harm Program, Local History, Preservation, State of Scott
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Davenporters of Note: Alvino Peña
Alvino H. Peña was born May 14, 1939, in Silvis, Illinois. He died on March 20, 2014, in Davenport, Iowa. In between those dates, he lived a lot of life and helped a lot of kids. The father of ten … Continue reading
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Tagged Alvino H. Peña, Davenport Boxing Club, Davenporters of Note
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When Irish Eyes are reading the newspapers . . .
It’s difficult to do any research about Davenport’s earliest history without finding at least one Germanic surname along the way. And once the “forty-eighters” came here to find a little peace from the ongoing wars in their part of Europe … Continue reading
The Small, Pretty Wedding of Jennie E. Grieve, Schoolteacher of this City
On March 14, 1901, Jennie E. Grieve, former schoolteacher of the brand new School #11 (later renamed Taylor Elementary) married Alexander Shadbolt, the owner of a stock farm outside of Brooklyn, Iowa, in Poweshiek County. Aren’t they a lovely couple? … Continue reading
Living Memory History: The Winter of 2013-2014
We decided to blog this week about the weather because after a winter of freezing cold and permanent snow . . . it’s still cold and still snowing. And while that makes us a little sad, we thought it was … Continue reading
