Karolyn Hall Luther Photograph Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection contains approximately 100 black and white photographic prints glued to black scrapbook pages. Depicted are employees and children at the Iowa Soldiers' Orphans' Home (Annie Wittenmyer Home), a flooded Davenport trailer park, the Davenport Levee during a flood (all dated 1940s), and the Conservatory at VanderVeer Park (1948). Many images are unidentified.
Dates
- Creation: 1938-1949
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical / Historical
Karolyn "Carrie" (HALL) LUTHER was the daughter of Joseph and Emma (BIELKE) HALL. She was born in Snyder, Nebraska in 1907. She married Roy LUTHER there in 1926. They moved to Scott County by 1940. Carolyn was a licensed practical nurse working for the Iowa Soldiers' Orphans' Home from about 1940-1943, when Roy was also employed there as a gardener. She then worked at the Rock Island Arsenal. She retired from Bendix in 1972 after twenty years of service there.
Mr. and Mrs. LUTHER had no surviving children. Karolyn's parents and her sisters Geneva and Jolande also moved to Scott County, settling in Buffalo.
Extent
1 Linear Feet (in 1 flat archival box.)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
Range 33 Section 09
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
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