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| Title | First grade class at school #9 |
| Date Original | September 25, 1907 |
| Description | Group photograph of first grade school children sitting in a classroom in School #9 located at 1921 Grand Avenue in Davenport, Iowa. The children are sitting at their desks with their hands folded in their laps. Each desk has books and papers. A note in the lower left corner of the photograph reads "School 9 - 1st Gr - Sept. 25-1907 Davenport Ia." School #9 was later renamed Tyler School. |
| Location Depicted | 1921 Grand Avenue, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa |
| Subject | School #9 (Davenport, Iowa)
Tyler School (Davenport, Iowa)
School children
Classrooms
Schools
Children
Boys
Girls
Clothing & dress
Davenport (Iowa)
Group portraits
Portrait photographs
Photographic prints
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| Notes | Address confirmed in the 1907 Davenport City Directory. The name change is mentioned in "History of Davenport and Scott County" by Harry E. Downer, published by S.J. Clarke, 1910, pages 928-929. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact Davenport Public Library at (563) 326-7902 or specialcollections@davenportlibrary.com. |
| Image Number | VM89-001144 |
| Repository | Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center, Davenport Public Library, 321 Main Street, Davenport, Iowa 52801 |
| Repository Collection | Bawden Printing Company Photograph Collection |
| Object Description | 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 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. The master scan is untouched, but this display image was enhanced by adjusting the input level of the shadows from 0 to 16, the midtones from 1.00 to 0.89, and the highlights from 255 to 248 using Adobe Photoshop 7.0. |
| Date Digital | 2003-09-09 |
| File Name | dplVM89-001144 |
| 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. |
