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Hazel Ruth Shaw photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2001-25

Scope and Contents

Two small albums, one inscribed: Hazel Ruth Shaw, 2016 Farnam Street, Davenport, IA. Both contain prints of a variety of sizes, many of which show local scenes such as VanderVeer Park, Credit Island, Rock Island depot, Rock Island Arsenal as well as some travel scenes and many have some sort of identification, whether place or name of person.

Inscriptions indicate these were taken 1906-1910 most likely by Miss Shaw. Most show young men and women in casual poses. Names include: Mother, Monty (her brother), Ila Daly, J.C. Riddle, Caroline Riddle, Mr. E.B. Whitmore, Edith Gifford, and there are several loose images inside the cover of one album with names as well.

Dates

  • Creation: 1906-1910

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

Hazel Ruth Shaw was born in 1887 to William Newton and Alice Shaw. She worked as a stenographer from at least 1906-1910 at a railroad office in Davenport. In September 1910 she married Robert Edwin Tyson at her residence 2016 Farnam Street. The young couple then moved to Wisconsin.

Extent

2 Photograph Album(s) (shares box with 2001-24 thru 2001-26)

Language of Materials

English

Physical Location

Range 38 Section 4 [shares box]

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift

Physical Description

poor-some photos fading; all mounted on acidic black paper

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center Repository

Contact:
321 Main Street
Davenport IA 52801-1490 United States