This project, then and now, was fully funded with arts dollars provided by quad city arts via their visual artist program. This compilation would not have happened without their support. Thank you also to the Illinois Arts Council Agency, the Hubbell-Waterman Foundation, and an anonymous funder for the 2022 program dollars.
The bettendorf company. 1920-2022
Courtesy of the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center of the Davenport Public Library.
Rock island high school stadium 1950-2022
Courtesy of the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center of the Davenport Public Library.
downtown rock island 1940-2022
Courtesy of the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center of the Davenport Public Library.
Muscatine High Bridge. Muscatine, IOWA 1900-2022
1600 block of 2nd Avenue in Rock Island, Illinois. This view is looking east from 16th Street. 1910-2022
Courtesy of Augustana College Special Collections
Village Shopping Center located at 902 West Kimberly Road. 1955-2022
Courtesy of the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center of the Davenport Public Library.
Interstate 80 bridge over the Mississippi River at Le Claire, Iowa. 1966-2022
Courtesy of the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center of the Davenport Public Library.
Centennial Bridge construction 1939-1940 to 2022
Courtesy of the Rock Island Public Library
Palmer College of Chiropractic 1937-2022
Courtesy of Palmer College of Chiropractic
lumber district. Muscatine, Iowa 1901-2022