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Title: Aerial Truck, Davenport Fire Department, Davenport, Iowa
Description: View of a turn of the century fire truck pulled by 3 horses. The fire service in Davenport began in 1858 with the Hawkeye Volunteer Fire Company. The chief of this volunteer company was Chief Littler, a Civil War veteran who had one arm. In 1882, the City of Davenport established a professional, paid, fire department. They also used volunteers for three years. In 1885 the department became 100% paid professional fire fighters. The first chief of this all paid department was Chief Marsh Noel. By 1905 the City of Davenport could boast of seven pumper companies and two truck companies providing protection. 1910 postmark. Number 136.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:16959

Title: Bird's Eye View of Davenport, Iowa, showing dam and bridge in background, Lock and Dam No. 15, Government Bridge, Arsenal Bridge
Description: Aerial view looking east at Davenport, Iowa, and the Mississippi River with the Lock and Dam No. 15 and Government Bridge in the background. Number 5A-H764.
Date Created: 1935
PID: grinnell:14684

Title: Black Hawk Hotel, Davenport, Iowa, Blackhawk Hotel
Description: Looking northeast at a seven story Italian Renaissance and Art Deco style building. The Blackhawk Hotel opened on February 16, 1915, and was built at a cost of $1 million by local businessman W. F. Miller. It was designed by local architectural firm Temple & Burrows and the building is located at 200 East Third Street, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Number 221148.
Date Created: 1925
PID: grinnell:16952

Title: Blackhawk Coal and Dock Company, Davenport, Iowa
Description: On front: One view of our Davenport coal yard and offices, Blackhawk Coal & Dock Co., front of Perry Street, Tel. Dav. 391.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:16206

Title: Central Park, Davenport, Iowa, Vander Veer Botanical Park
Description: View of children on a spring day in Central Park. In 1885 the city of Davenport acquired the property that had been the Scott County Fairgrounds. It is a significant example of landscape planning, and of the civic improvements that were being made by the city in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Five years after the land was purchased and improved it was named Central Park after New York City's park of the same name. Central Park was renamed Vander Veer after an early Davenport park commissioner in 1911. Located at 215 West Central Park Avenue, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, the park consists of 70.8 acres, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 1908 postmark. Number 13206.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:16958

Title: Fejervary Park, Davenport, Iowa
Description: View of the gardens at the 75-acre, Fejervary Park which is located at 1800 West 12th Street, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa. The property for Fejervary Park was given to the city by Celestine Fejérváry, a daughter of Nicholas Fejérváry. He was a Hungarian nobleman who came to Davenport as a refuge in 1853 following the failure of an insurrection in his native Hungary. The park was the site of Fejervary’s estate. He chose the location for his home because the steep bluffs with a view of the Mississippi River reminded him of his home on the Danube River. 1913 postmark.
Date Created: 1913
PID: grinnell:16204

Title: Ferry "Davenport" by moonlight between Rock Island, IL and Davenport, Iowa
Description: In this night scene on the Mississippi River, the large stern wheel Ferry "Davenport" travels between Rock Island, Illinois and Davenport, Iowa, with the spotlight scanning the water. Number 568A.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:16203

Title: First Presbyterian Church, Davenport, Iowa
Description: Looking northwest at a Romanesque Richardsonian style building constructed of Marquette brown stone designed by Gottschalk & Beadle, Chicago, and built in 1899. It is located at 1702 Iowa Street, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa. Number 9A-H361.
Date Created: 1939
PID: grinnell:18459

Title: Government Bridge and Roller Dam, Davenport, Iowa, Arsenal Bridge, Lock and Dam No. 15
Description: An aerial view of the Government Bridge and the Lock and Dam No. 15 with the city of Davenport, Iowa, in the background. The Lock and Dam No. 15, completed in 1933, spans the Mississippi River between Rock Island, Illinois and Davenport, Iowa. It is the largest roller dam in the world, its dam is 1,203 feet (366.7 m) long and consists of nine 109 feet (33.2 m) non-submersible, non-overflow roller gates and two 109 feet (33.2 m) non-submersible overflow roller gates. It was designed solely to form pools to make commercial river traffic possible and is not situated perpendicular to the flow of the river. It is also one of the few roller dams that features an auxiliary lock. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. 1940 postmark. Number 66735.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:16954

Title: Government Bridge, Rock Island, Ill. & Davenport, Iowa, Arsenal Bridge
Description: The original bridge on the Mississippi River, finished in 1856, was the first railroad bridge across the Mississippi. It only lasted until 1866, and was replaced with a heavier wooden structure that reused the original piers. In turn this structure was replaced by an iron, twin deck bridge in 1872 that carried both a single rail line and a separate roadway. The federal government jointly used this bridge for access with the railroad, giving its name of Government Bridge. The current bridge is the fourth crossing of the Mississippi built in 1896 with an added rail line. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. 1910 postmark.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:16202