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| Title | Ardo Mitchell |
| Photographer | Hostetler, J. B. |
| Studio Name/Location | Hostetler Studio, Davenport, Iowa |
| Date Original | ca. 1913 |
| Description | This image is taken from the front and shows the subject looking at the camera. Three quarter portrait of a man. He is sitting on a chair leaning forward on his left elbow. He is wearing a dark colored pin striped suit and a light colored shirt with a hard collar. |
| Location Depicted | Davenport, Scott County, Iowa |
| Subject | Mitchell, Ardo W.
Men
Suits (Clothing)
Clothing & dress
Portrait photographs
Glass negatives
Davenport (Iowa)
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| Notes | The original negative envelope is labeled Ardo Mitchell. Based on information in the 1920 Census, Ardo W. Mitchell (age 35), lived in Rock Island, Illinois with his wife, Eleanor (age 35) and children Marion (age 7) and Eleanor (age 2). Based on information in the Davenport Democrat on May 1, 1954, died in Florida. He was an official at the First National Bank of Rock Island, Federal Bake Shops in Davenport and an amateur golfer. He was born on June 19, 1884 and lived in Rock Island most of his life. He served as a captain in the Army during World War I. He married Eleanor Hobbs, daughter of former Commandant Frank Hobbs of the Rock Island Arsenal, in 1911. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact Davenport Public Library at (563) 326-7902 or specialcollections@davenportlibrary.com |
| Image Number | X1107 |
| Repository | Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center, Davenport Public Library, Davenport, Iowa 52801 |
| Repository Collection | Hostetler Studio Collection |
| Object Description | 1 negative ; glass, b&w ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Digital image captured using a Microtek ScanMaker 9800XL with transparent media adapter. TIFF file created from a glass negative scanned at 8-bit grayscale 600 ppi. |
| Date Digital | 2008-08-26 |
| File Name | dplx1107 |
| CD Volume Name | DPLVolume112 |
| 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. |
