Regional History Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of published items, photographs and postcards associated with the nearby Iowa and Illinois regions. The published items appear in the library catalog, the postcards are of sites in Rock Island, Port Byron and the Rock Island Arsenal. The photographic images date from 1892-1913 and include one cabinet card of a mature woman taken at Clifford and Son studio in Muscatine, Iowa ca 1895 and six black and white prints that were removed from an album at some point taken between 1911-1913. The photographs have little identification other than dates.
One group photo is identified as Dri Park. Research indicates this was located in the bluffs north of Le Claire, Iowa and got its name from the Davenport Rock Island Railroad.
Another print features a relatively small boat with the name Santa Lucia on the stern with the phrase "on their way to the gulf" written on the back. A craft called the Santa Lucia was described in a newspaper article from October 19, 1911. The 60 foot boat was propelled by gasoline power and belonged to Captain M. V. Goetzendorff. Along with wife and son Carl, they had stopped off in Davenport on their way from St. Paul to New Orleans.
Dates
- Creation: 1892-1993
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1910-1915
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Materials are available for use in the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center only.
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Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a reproduction. One of these specific conditions is that the reproduction is not to be “used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research.” If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a reproduction for purposes in excess of “fair use,” that user may be liable for copyright infringement.
Biographical / Historical
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Extent
7 Photographic Prints (in 1 folder.) : black and white prints; sepia cabinet card ; 3 x 4" and 3 x 5"; 4 1/4 x 6 1/2"
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
Range 33 Shelf 03
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center Repository
321 Main Street
Davenport IA 52801-1490 United States
specialcollections@davenportlibrary.com