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A “Brilliant Home Function”: the Modest Wedding of James Lane and Sophia Shuler
Sophia Caroline Shuler was the daughter of Charles Shuler, the president of the First National Bank of Davenport and the owner of several mines. Miss Shuler was a graduate of St. Katherine’s and the National Park Seminary in Washington, D.C., … Continue reading
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Tagged Davenport Democrat, Hostetler Studios, James Reed Lane, Photographs, Sophia Shuler Land, Weddings
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Soldiering On: Local Veterans of “The Great War”
June 28, 2014 marks the hundredth anniversary of the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria, heir apparent to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, whose death launched a series of political events that culminated in world-wide war. The date of his murder … Continue reading
We Mustache This Question: The 1884 Davenport Police Department
As we’ve mentioned before, this year marks the 175th anniversary of the Davenport Police Department. In previous posts, we’ve shared some of the historical information and resources in our collections about and from the Department, and even cleared up … Continue reading
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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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
Simple Beauty: The Wedding of Miss Blanche Boggess and Frank Edwin Gorman
On January 10, 1912, Blanche Elizabeth Boggess married Frank Edwin Gorman in a ceremony at the Rock Island home of her parents, 926 Seventeenth Street. Miss Boggess was an active member in the social circles of Rock Island, Illinois, while … Continue reading
The Brilliant Wedding of Miss Lillian Hubers
Our September bride is Miss Lillian Hubers , daughter of William and Clara, who married William Edward Zuill in her parents’ home at 624 Scott Street on September 24, 1913. The bride’s father was the manager of the Rock Island … Continue reading
A Hayward Moment
In honor of National Grandparents’ Day, which is held the first Sunday after Labor Day, we though we’d share this lovely Hostetler Studio photograph of William Phelps Kimball with his grandparents, Major Eugene Hayward and Ellen Phelps Hayward. Eugene B. … Continue reading
A Panoramic Peek: The Oak Knoll Mansion
Those of you who subscribe to the Quad-City Times may have seen the recent articles by Alma Gaul concerning the historical Oak Knoll mansion and its designer Jens Jensen. The articles (here and here, if you missed them), include several … Continue reading
The Colorful Wedding Announcement of Miss Helen Watts
Included in our Hostetler Photograph Collections is a set of glass negatives showing the former Miss Helen Kelsey Watts in her wedding gown, in which she married Mr. Homer Brown Payne. While researching these images, we located a wedding announcement, … Continue reading
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Tagged Genealogy, Helen Kelsey Watts, Homer Brown Payne, Local History, Newspaper Index, newspapers, Photographs, Research, Resources, Weddings
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