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| Title | Quarry in Butler Township |
| Photographer | Dissette, H.E. |
| Studio Name/Location | 917 West 2nd Street, Davenport, Iowa |
| Date Original | December 18, 1933 |
| Description | Photograph of men working at the quarry in Butler Township, Scott County, Iowa. Construction equipment and machinery are also visible in the photograph. The stone from this quarry was used by the Civil Works Administration for surfacing township roads in Scott County, Iowa. This was Project #32 of the Civil Works Administration (C.W.A.) projects in Scott County, Iowa. |
| Location Depicted | Butler Township, Scott County, Iowa |
| Subject | United States. Federal Civil Works Administration
Public service employment
Quarrying
Stone quarrying
Tracklaying vehicles
Machinery
Construction equipment
Dump trucks
Butler (Scott County, Iowa : Township)
Photographic prints
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| Notes | This photograph also appears between pages 32 and 33 in "Illustrated Record of C.W.A. Projects, Scott County, Iowa, 1933-1934, volume 1, " photographs by H.E. Dissette, history and arrangement by George T. French, prepared under the direction of the Civil Works Administration of Scott County, Iowa. Harry F. Evans, director. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact Davenport Public Library at (563) 326-7902 or specialcollections@davenportlibrary.com. |
| Image Number | 2003-14b2f17a |
| Repository | Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center, Davenport Public Library, 321 Main Street, Davenport, Iowa 52801 |
| Repository Collection | Civil Works Administration Projects |
| Object Description | 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 11 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 brightness +9 and contrast -4, and by adjusting the input level of the shadows from 0 to 15, the midtones from 1.00 to 0.71, and the highlights from 255 to 24 using Adobe Photoshop 7.0. |
| Date Digital | 2003-09-29 |
| File Name | dpl2003-14b2f17a |
| CD Volume Name | DPLVolume14 |
| 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. |
