{"id":4025,"date":"2012-10-18T13:22:10","date_gmt":"2012-10-18T18:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/?p=4025"},"modified":"2012-10-19T09:37:59","modified_gmt":"2012-10-19T14:37:59","slug":"local-history-film-screening-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/2012\/10\/18\/local-history-film-screening-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Local History Film Screening–and More!"},"content":{"rendered":"

As part of our 30th<\/sup> anniversary celebration, we will be having a special screening of local history film footage from our Archive & Manuscript Collections.<\/p>\n

The films will be shown this Saturday, October 20th<\/strong> at 1:30pm in the Film Room, located in the lower level of the Davenport Public Library (321 Main Street in Downtown Davenport).<\/p>\n

One of the films\u00a0 is color footage taken at the 1958 Mississippi Valley Fair.\u00a0\u00a0 The Fair took place from August 10-17 of 1958 at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds on West Locust Street in Davenport. One of the highlights of the film is Gene Autry, who can be seen wearing a red suit and a white hat, with his horse \u201cChamp\u201d doing his Western Review. The film also includes 4-H Club girls showing off their sewing and baking skills, adult and 4-H baby cattle and market hogs competitions, and the “Queen of the Furrow” Contest.<\/p>\n

Another film is from the Davenport Parks & Recreation department. This black & white silent footage was taken in the 1930s. It shows sledding at Fejervary Park, the digging of the lagoon at Vander Veer Park, and ice skating at Credit Island Park.<\/p>\n

The third film is a reel from a local newscast, labeled \u201cEnd of Year 1966\u201d. This black & white film includes a speech by Iowa governor Harold Hughes at the dedication of the I-80 Bridge in LeClaire, which opened on October 27, 1966.<\/p>\n

The screenings start at 1:30pm—please join us!<\/p>\n

____<\/p>\n

But that’s not all!\u00a0 We have a full day’s worth of programs going on this Saturday, from Genealogy tips to local Civil War history:<\/p>\n

<\/strong>Doors will open at 9:30 a.m<\/strong>. with Welcoming remarks at 9:45 a.m<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

9:50 – 12:30<\/strong> – Researching at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin and Using the Draper Manuscripts by George Findlen.<\/p>\n

12:30 – 1:30<\/strong> – Lunch Break. You may either eat in local restaurants or bring a lunch to the library. Water and coffee will be provided for those who wish to eat at the library.<\/p>\n

1:30 – 2:30<\/strong> – Screening of local film footage from the SC Collection – SC staff will present with Bob King from Classic Films.<\/p>\n

2:45 – 3:45<\/strong> – Davenport Civil War Camps – Jim Jacobsen of History Pays!<\/p>\n

3:45 – 4:30<\/strong> – Davenport 1857 Map – Conservation and Content by Amy Groskopf.<\/p>\n

You’re more than welcome to stay the whole day or attend the programs of interest—and maybe use some time to do research as well!<\/p>\n

For more information or questions please call (563) 326-7902<\/span><\/p>\n

We hope to see you there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6,5],"tags":[916,366,918,146,454,917,173],"class_list":["post-4025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-genealogy","category-library","category-local-history","tag-anniversary","tag-bridges","tag-films","tag-mississippi-valley-fair","tag-parks","tag-programs","tag-richardson-sloane-special-collections-center"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXc-12V","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4025","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=4025"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4036,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4025\/revisions\/4036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}