{"id":16006,"date":"2022-10-29T10:07:17","date_gmt":"2022-10-29T15:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/?p=16006"},"modified":"2022-10-29T10:07:20","modified_gmt":"2022-10-29T15:07:20","slug":"treats-for-special-collections-librarians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/2022\/10\/29\/treats-for-special-collections-librarians\/","title":{"rendered":"Treats for Special Collections Librarians"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Happy Halloweeen from the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center of the Davenport Public Library!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A recent donation has filled our trick-or-treat bag with some items that are most certainly like candy to us local history librarians: little advertisements for Davenport businesses of old. Take a gander at these three goodies we&#8217;re adding to our ephemera collection:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"545\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-16010\" data-id=\"16010\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/KIC-Image-0007.jpg?resize=640%2C545&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/KIC-Image-0007.jpg?w=1078&amp;ssl=1 1078w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/KIC-Image-0007.jpg?resize=300%2C255&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/KIC-Image-0007.jpg?resize=1024%2C872&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/KIC-Image-0007.jpg?resize=768%2C654&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"546\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-16009\" data-id=\"16009\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/KIC-Image-0008.jpg?resize=640%2C546&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/KIC-Image-0008.jpg?w=1084&amp;ssl=1 1084w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/KIC-Image-0008.jpg?resize=300%2C256&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/KIC-Image-0008.jpg?resize=1024%2C873&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/KIC-Image-0008.jpg?resize=768%2C655&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>First is this 4.5&#8243; x 3&#8243;packet of sewing needles, compliments of the Phoenix Milling Company. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The &#8220;Maud S&#8221; type of flour milled from Dakota Hard Spring wheat by C. H. Juergensen is the subject of the humorous (if dated) poem on the back cover. Perhaps this offering sold more product than the slogan in the newspaper ad: &#8220;It has been tried for 30 years and proved to be alright.&#8221; (<em>Davenport Democrat and Leader<\/em>, 9 Jun 1907)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"549\" height=\"877\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-16012\" data-id=\"16012\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/KIC-Image-0006.jpg?resize=549%2C877&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/KIC-Image-0006.jpg?w=549&amp;ssl=1 549w, 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data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"542\" height=\"873\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-16013\" data-id=\"16013\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/KIC-Image-0002.jpg?resize=542%2C873&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/KIC-Image-0002.jpg?w=542&amp;ssl=1 542w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/KIC-Image-0002.jpg?resize=186%2C300&amp;ssl=1 186w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 542px) 100vw, 542px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>There is also this similarly-sized 1908-1909 pocket calendar, courtesy of the Ballard Drug &amp; Dental Company on West 2nd Street. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the &#8220;Great Corn Sheller&#8221; demonstrated on the back cover, Ballard&#8217;s had Emerson&#8217;s Bromo-Seltzer for sale. Each of the blank day-of the-week pages reminded you that this potion could cure headaches; German- and Italian-speaking customers could also read of its benefits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The &#8220;useful information&#8221; in this booklet also included a pages of poisons and their antidotes, and another of measures to take in the event of an accident. Modern sensibilities &#8212; thinking of  Halloween &#8212; may find these treatments quite scary!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"643\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-16020\" data-id=\"16020\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/KIC-Image-0012.jpg?resize=640%2C643&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/KIC-Image-0012.jpg?resize=1020%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1020w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/KIC-Image-0012.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/KIC-Image-0012.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/KIC-Image-0012.jpg?resize=768%2C771&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/KIC-Image-0012.jpg?resize=144%2C144&amp;ssl=1 144w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/KIC-Image-0012.jpg?w=1054&amp;ssl=1 1054w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"649\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-16022\" data-id=\"16022\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/KIC-Image-0014.jpg?resize=640%2C649&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/KIC-Image-0014.jpg?resize=1010%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1010w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/KIC-Image-0014.jpg?resize=296%2C300&amp;ssl=1 296w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/KIC-Image-0014.jpg?resize=768%2C778&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/KIC-Image-0014.jpg?w=1046&amp;ssl=1 1046w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"656\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-16021\" data-id=\"16021\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/KIC-Image-0013.jpg?resize=640%2C656&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/KIC-Image-0013.jpg?resize=999%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 999w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/KIC-Image-0013.jpg?resize=293%2C300&amp;ssl=1 293w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/KIC-Image-0013.jpg?resize=768%2C787&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/KIC-Image-0013.jpg?w=1042&amp;ssl=1 1042w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Security Fire Insurance Company of Davenport advertised its services by handing out this tiny blank notebook. It is an especially delicious treat for a librarian\/archivist because it was actually <em>used<\/em> by an area farmer (for a short time &#8211; less than a page&#8217;s worth) to keep his accounts. In addition to information about the company, we now know that the going rate for hiring grubbers (farm hands helping to clean up the fields after the harvest?) in November 1893 was $20 per acre, as well as the prices of various foodstuffs. Sadly, we&#8217;ve had no luck finding either Peter or Emil Nilsen in local records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our thanks to all who donate historical materials like these to the RSSC Center. We so appreciate receiving treats all year &#8217;round without having to go door-to-door in a costume. This Halloween we hope you&#8217;ll brave those spooky attics and basements and find more Davenport memorabilia to share with your community via the library!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>(posted by Katie)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Halloweeen from the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center of the Davenport Public Library! A recent donation has filled our trick-or-treat bag with some items that are most certainly like candy to us local history librarians: little advertisements for Davenport businesses &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/2022\/10\/29\/treats-for-special-collections-librarians\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[376,2471,397,1410,2470,1464],"class_list":["post-16006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-history","tag-advertisements","tag-ballard-drug-dental-company","tag-ephemera","tag-local-history","tag-phoenix-milling-company","tag-security-fire-insurance-company"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXc-4aa","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16006"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16027,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16006\/revisions\/16027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}