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| Title | [Mississippi River from Rock Island, Illinois] |
| Date Original | ca. 1908-1922 |
| Description | Photographic postcard with a view of the Mississippi River from Rock Island, Illinois looking north toward Davenport, Iowa showing ferry boats. In the foreground is the Rock Island, a side wheel ferry steamboat built at Clinton, Iowa in 1875. It was originally named Augusta, later renamed to T.J. Robinson, and again renamed to Rock Island sometime after 1908. It was dismantled in 1922 at Helena, Arkansas. Caption on the front: Mississippi River. From Rock Island Illinois. No. 6. |
| Location Depicted | Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois |
| Subject | Ferries
Steamboats
Riverboats
Side wheelers
Rock Island (Ferry)
Mississippi River
Cityscapes
Waterfronts
Rock Island (Ill.)
Davenport (Iowa)
Photographic postcards
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| Notes | Details about the ferry were taken from "Way's Packet Directory, 1848-1983" compiled by Frederick Way Jr., and published by Ohio University, 1983, page 400. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact Davenport Public Library at (563) 326-7902 or specialcollections@davenportlibrary.com. |
| Image Number | VM89-002106 |
| Repository | Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center, Davenport Public Library, 321 Main Street, Davenport, Iowa 52801 |
| Repository Collection | Davenport Chamber of Commerce Photograph Collection |
| Object Description | 1 postcard : col. ; 4 x 6 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Digital image captured using a Microtek ScanMaker 9600XL with transparent media adapter. TIFF file created from a photographic postcard scanned at 24-bit true color RGB 1200ppi. |
| Date Digital | 2003-03-18 |
| Publisher | Norton's Photo Cedar Rapids |
| File Name | dplVM89-002106 |
| CD Volume Name | DPLVolume4 |
| 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. |
