{"id":2338,"date":"2011-03-14T14:48:38","date_gmt":"2011-03-14T19:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/?p=2338"},"modified":"2011-04-18T17:15:25","modified_gmt":"2011-04-18T22:15:25","slug":"did-somebody-say-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/2011\/03\/14\/did-somebody-say-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Did somebody say “spring”?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daylight Savings Time began yesterday, which means that spring is just around the corner! Are you ready for the warmer temperatures and blooming flowers? Here is an image from our photograph collection that we hope will get everyone excited about spring.<\/p>\n

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Vander Veer Park fountain and Spring flower garden, ca.1920's<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a0This photograph was taken by J. B. Hostetler <\/a>in the 1920’s and shows the Victorian fountain and the spring flower garden at\u00a0Vander Veer Botanical Park<\/a>\u00a0in Davenport, Iowa. The cast iron\u00a0fountain was donated by A. W. Vander Veer\u00a0in 1906. It was taken down and sold for scraps during the Great Depression, and later\u00a0replaced with a stone fountain by the Federal Emergency Relief Administration.<\/p>\n

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Davenport Public Library Photograph Collection: VM89-000311<\/p>\n

Special Collections newspaper clippings vertical file: Parks–Vander Veer<\/p>\n

Special Collections ephemera file: Parks–Vander Veer–Stone Fountain dedication & lighting [2004]<\/p>\n

(Posted by Cristina)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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