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Tag Archives: Parks
May Flowers: 20 Years Ago at Vander Veer Park
Enjoy these beautiful photographs taken 20 years ago at Vander Veer Botanical Park. These images are part of Acc #2003-09 Davenport Leisure Services & Facilities Collection. [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”8″ display=”basic_slideshow” gallery_width=”800″ gallery_height=”800″ transition_speed=”100″] (posted by Cristina) Acc #2003-09 Box 81 Folder … Continue reading
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Tagged Davenport Parks and Recreation, Flowers, Parks, Photographs, Vander Veer Botanical Park
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Fun in the Snow, 1960’s Style
Happy New Year from the staff at the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center! These images from our Davenport Parks and Recreation Department collection show locals enjoying winter weather apparently not as harsh as that of January 2018! The photographs were taken … Continue reading
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Tagged Davenport Parks and Recreation, Duck Creek Park, Fejervary Park, Parks, Skiing, Sledding, snow, Winter
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SO CUTE!! Vintage Fejervary Petting Zoo Photos
Mother Goose is once again welcoming children at Fejervary Park. The City of Davenport Parks & Recreation Department will be hosting Family Fun Days at Fejervary Learning Center on the third Saturday of the month. Upcoming dates are July 18, August 15, September 19 and … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950's, Davenport (Iowa), Fejervary Park, Mother Goose, Mother Goose Land, Parks, Photographs
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Giving Credit Where Credit is Due: The Amusement Park Years
This year marks the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Credit Island, which took place during the War of 1812, on the fourth and fifth of September 1814. Special Collections will be participating in the city’s commemoration of this event on August … Continue reading
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Tagged amusement park, Credit Island, Grand Island, Grand Island Park, Parks, Suburban Island
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Local History Film Screening–and More!
As part of our 30th anniversary celebration, we will be having a special screening of local history film footage from our Archive & Manuscript Collections. The films will be shown this Saturday, October 20th at 1:30pm in the Film Room, … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, Library, Local History
Tagged Anniversary, Bridges, Films, Mississippi Valley Fair, Parks, Programs, Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center
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Heat Wave: 1901
“Fair tonight and Wednesday continued warm”* A prosaic statement for sure, but warm failed to describe the conditions being dealt with by local individuals during the last two weeks of July 1901. Drought, heat and humidity controlled our area, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Crops, Drought, East Davenport Fire, Fires, Heat Wave, Humidity, July 1901, Lumber, Parks, Record heat, Record Weather, Weiss Brothers Clothing Store, Weyerhaeuser & Denkmann
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Once Upon a Fairy Night
Imagine a fairyland of delights only a trolley’s ride away from the center of the city’s downtown, a welcome escape from the heat, dust and smells of summer in a crowded river city. Imagine families picnicking in the cool shade … Continue reading
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Tagged Davenport Schuetzen Gesellschaft, Davenport Shooting Society, Forest Park, German Immigrants, German Park, Parks, Prohibition, Schuetzen Park, Schuetzen Park Gilde, Schuetzen Verein, World War I
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