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The Way We Were: Rock Island Photos from the 1890s

6:00pm–7:15pm
Everyone
Downtown Library
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Library Branch: Downtown Library
Room: Downtown Community Room
Age Group: Everyone
Event Details:

From 1888 until 1903 a Rock Island photographer named Oscar Hakelier worked from his studio in downtown Rock Island. He called it the "Vienna Photographic Studio," and it was located at 1722 Second Avenue.