Bloeser Image Collection
Scope and Contents
This is a group of digital images pertaining to the donor's families. The Carlsons and Guldners were in the tailoring business locally. Later the Guldners ran establishments in Davenport called the Tip Top Cafe and Guldner's Cafe.
Interiors of cafes and tailor shops as well as one exterior of the tailor shop at 124-126 East Third Street appear to date 1890-1910. There is one image of a group of young girls wearing white dresses and holding flags that dates 1906-1908 based on the photographer, Milton H. MacArthur, address. One iamge shows a group of employees, mainly women, posed outside W.T. Grant Co. with posters for Cotton Week hanging in the window dated 1940 taken by Fromader Studio in Davenport.
There is some identification written on the back of the originals. Research was conducted on both families using city directories and newspaper articles to assist with dating and addresses of businesses. This is filed with the accession paperwork.
Dates
- Creation: 1890-1940
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.
Request permission before copying materials.
Personal digital cameras and scanners are allowed in the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center on a case-by-case basis. The items that a researcher may want to scan or photograph must be examined and evaluated for physical condition, copyright issues, and donor restrictions by staff.
Copyright restrictions may apply; please consult Special Collections staff for further information.
The copyright law of the United States (title 17, United States Code) governs the making of reproductions of copyrighted material.
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
For further information on this collection please contact the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center.
Extent
negligible Linear Feet (in one digital folder.) : png format digital images
Language of Materials
English
digital
J:\Local History\2023-48 Bloeser collection-digital photos
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