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| Title | Swimming beach at Credit Island |
| Photographer | Hostetler, J. B. |
| Studio Name/Location | Hostetler Studio, Davenport, Iowa |
| Date Original | 1910 |
| Description | Group photograph of people at the beach at Credit Island on the Mississippi River at Davenport, Iowa. The lifeguard is standing on the beach near a life boat. The bathhouse is in the upper right corner of the photograph. Several of the swimmers are wearing bathing suits marked with S I B and a number. At this time, Credit Island was known as Suburban Island. The letters may stand for Suburban Island Beach or Suburban Island Bathhouse. |
| Location Depicted | Credit Island, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa |
| Subject | Swimming
Swimmers
Beaches
Parks
Recreation
Men
Women
Boys
Girls
Children
Mississippi River
Credit Island (Davenport, Iowa)
Davenport (Iowa)
Group portraits
Photographic prints
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| Ordering Information | Please contact Davenport Public Library at (563) 326-7902 or specialcollections@davenportlibrary.com. |
| Image Number | VM89-000301 |
| 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 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Digital image captured using a Microtek ScanMaker 9600XL with transparent media adapter. TIFF file created from a print photograph scanned at 8-bit grayscale 600ppi. |
| Date Digital | 2003-09-09 |
| File Name | dplVM89-000301 |
| CD Volume Name | DPLVolume11 |
| 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. |
