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| Title | Watch Tower |
| Photographer | Hauberg, John H. |
| Date Original | August 11, 1920 |
| Description | Photograph of the second floor porch of the Watch Tower Inn at Black Hawk State Park located in Rock Island, Illinois. The Inn was built in 1916 and razed in 1936. In the background to the left is the bridge over the Rock River. |
| Location Depicted | Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois |
| Subject | Watch Tower Inn (Rock Island, Ill.)
Porches
Black Hawk State Historic Site (Ill.)
Black Hawk State Park (Ill.)
Historic sites
State parks & reserves
Rock River (Wis. and Ill.)
Rock Island (Ill.)
Glass negatives
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| Notes | Dates confirmed in the book "Rock Island: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow" edited by Bj Elsner, published by Rock Island History Book Committee, 1988, page 165. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact Augustana College Special Collections at (309) 794-7643 or specialcollections@augustana.edu |
| Image Number | 27_L-BL_gp_2_143 |
| Repository | Augustana College Special Collections, 639 38th Street, Rock Island, Illinois 61201 |
| Repository Collection | John H. Hauberg Papers |
| Object Description | 1 negative : glass, b&w ; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Digital image captured using a Microtek ScanMaker 9600XL with transparent media adapter. TIFF file created from a glass negative scanned at 8-bit grayscale 1200ppi. |
| Date Digital | 2003-07-09 |
| File Name | aug27_L-BL_gp_2_143 |
| CD Volume Name | AUGVolume2 |
| Original Database | This record is from the Upper Mississippi Valley Digital Image Archive, http://www.umvphotoarchive.org, a collaborative project of cultural heritage organizations in the Iowa-Illinois Mississippi River region. |
