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Collection
Identifier: 2019-71
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a panoramic birdseye view of Davenport by J. B. Hostetler may be original print in new matte and frame. Shows buildings between Government Bridge and Centennial Bridge west to east, and tops of 6th Street buildings to river with Rock Island riverfront in the distance. The estimated date of the photographic image is 1915.
Additionally, the collection contains of scans of ten glass negatives showing Moline vs. Rock Island playing football in 1915 per...
Dates:
1915
Collection
Identifier: 2012-39
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photocopies of Decatur County Iowa Cemetery Records with additional details added for Hamilton and New Salem Cemeteries.
Dates:
[unknown]
Collection
Identifier: 2008-15
Scope and Contents
This collection contains land documentation ca. 1840-1900 for Scott County Section 21, Township 78 North, Range 4 East. Surnames include Wachter, Freund, Sulemire, Mather, Ives, Hutt, Nichols, and Hawley. Hand-drawn plat maps by Scott County Surveyor W. P. Campbell.
Dates:
1840-1900
Collection
Identifier: 2017-11
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Most images in this collection are identified with the Del Rae Studio, Davenport Iowa embossed seal or stamped with the name Photographer Ralph Stanley. Subject matter is airplanes, airports, construction projects and aerial shots of Davenport and area. Estimated dates 1930-1940's.
16 x 20” Aerial Photographs - 10 total
Unidentified airport
Unidentified factory along river (IL side? Campbell’s Island?)
Unidentified factory with quarry beside and bridge in distance (Buffalo?...
Dates:
1930-1942
Collection
Identifier: 2008-02
Scope and Contents
This collection contains 1 ca. 1950's black and white print mounted on board showing riverboat Delta Queen docked at Rock Island river front with a view of the Davenport river front; 3.5 x 8 feet in size.
Dates:
ca. 1950s
Collection
Identifier: 2004-59
Scope and Contents
1975 map;purplish ink; appears was once cataloged in DPL map collections - For more information about this collection, please consult with a Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center staff member.
Dates:
1975
Collection
Identifier: 2021-29
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This is a set of sixteen original depositions related to District Court cases in the 1860s. Most of the documents have been microfilmed with the rest of the papers and are available for viewing in the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center. Two sources were used to double check the names and case numbers involved: District Court Calendar Scott County IA [SC 977.769 DIS] and Numberical Index of District Court Cases Found on Microfilm 1857-1898 [SC 977.769 SCO].Case...
Dates:
1860-1866
Collection
Identifier: 2013-29
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This image collection is from the Des Moines Register & Tribune newspaper in Des Moines, Iowa. There is limited identification. Subjects include:dredging the Mississippi River in 1929; Rock Island Arsenal female employees ca World War I;Davenport schools student activities from Davenport High School 1951-52; Davenport West High School 1974; St. Katharine's School 1949; St. Ambrose College 1953; Davenport Art Gallery 1963; Dear...
Dates:
1929-1977
Collection
Identifier: 2003-10
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This collection contains approximately 30 black and white photographs of people believed to be from the DeWitt, Iowa area.
Dates:
1870-1890
Collection
Identifier: 2014-21
Scope and Contents
This collection contains handwritten diaries of local resident Lettie Barber for the years 1907, 1908, 1909, 1911; They mention visiting African-American families, tenement on Tenth Street.
Dates:
1907-1911
