Tag Archives: J. B. Hostetler

Hostetler’s Houses: West 8th and Vine Streets

Posted on November 9, 2024 by SCblogger

In addition its large number of portrait photographs, the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center’s J.B. Hostetler Studio Collection includes many panoramic images of Davenport and the surrounding area. A few of these feature houses. While Oak Knoll and the World War … Continue reading →

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Hostetler’s Houses: 701 Brady Street

Posted on July 13, 2024 by SCblogger

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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Sibling Saturday!

Posted on February 5, 2022 by SCblogger

As we perused our digitized images on the Upper Mississippi Valley Digital Image Archive, we wondered how many images of siblings we had in our collections. We are highlighting a sample of them below. Catherine Coan or Coon These images … Continue reading →

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A Moment in (Watch) Time

Posted on January 6, 2017 by SCblogger

Once again our J. B. Hostetler glass plate negative collection has yielded another fascinating image: a young H. E. Meier posing in his World War I Doughboy uniform. Herman Edward Meier was born to John and Christina Meier on July 21, … Continue reading →

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