LIBRARIES PC005-005a-Public Library, Davenport, Iowa, 1913

Item

Identifier: LIBRARIES PC005

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Sub-Series:

Area libraries, both public and private, are included in this sub-series.

Dates

Creation: 1913

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 2 Box(es)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Original source: Accession#2001-13.6

Physical Description

Publisher: Davenport Post Card & Novelty Company, Davenport, Iowa.
Postmark: 1915.
Landscape orientation. Color.
Front: Exterior view of north and west sides of building. People walking on sidewalk. Lamp lights by entry. Mailbox or waste can on sidewalk. Trolley tracks visible in road.
Back: Handwriting. Green ink.
Postmark 1915.
Divided back using words CT Photochrom with production code R-45028 indicating date of 1913.

Dedicated and opened in 1904, the Carnegie Library was located on the Southeast corner of 4th and Main Streets. It was vacated and demolished in 1966.