Davenport
Davenport names 4 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Davenport a city and county-seat of Scott co.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a city and county-seat of Scott co., Ia.; on the Mississippi river and the Rock Island, the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, the Burlington and Northern, the Davenport , Rock Island and Northwestern, and other railroads, and the Hennepin canal; 183 miles S. W. of Chicago. It is connected with Rock Island , Ill., by a railroad and carriage bridge built by the United States Government at a cost of $1,200,000. Davenport is the great grain depot of the upper Mississippi. Area, 8 square miles. Davenport is an important manufacturing center, and is situated in the heart of extensive bituminous coal fields. The chief articles of manufacture are carpets, locomotives, steel cars, carriages, agricultural implements, flour, lumber, cigars and cigarettes, and foundry and machine shop products. The Government arsenal at Rock Island is opposite the city. The city is connected by passenger and freight steamers with all important lake ports. In 1919 there were 2 National banks. The city is built at the foot of a semicircular range of hills, is well laid out, and is handsome architecturally. The streets are lighted by gas and principal ones are traversed by electric electricity and the The notable buildings include the cars. county buildings, City phans' Home, the Academy of Natural Hall, Iowa Or- Science, Mercy and St. Luke's Hospitals, and the Iowa Soldiers' Orphans', Old Ladies', and Old Men's Homes. The city has an excellent school system, the Immaculate Conception Academy, St. Ambrose Academy, Griswold College, and St. Katherine's Hall. History. Davenport was 1835 and incorporated as a city in 1851. founded in Pop. (1910) 43,028; (1920) 56,727.
Davenport EDWARD LOOMIS, an American actor
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
EDWARD LOOMIS, an American actor; born in Boston, Mass., in 1816. He made his first appearance at the Lion Theater, Providence, R. I. , when 22 years old. After a season at the Bowery Theater, New York, he appeared at the Walnut Street Theater, Philadelphia, in 1838, and then confined himself to Boston till 1847, when he accompanie accompanied Mrs. Mowatt to England and played "Claude Melnotte" to her "Pauline" in the large cities, and supported Macready two seasons. In 1854 he returned to the United States; in 1859 became manager of the Howard Athenæum, Boston; and in 1869 of the Chestnut Street Theater, Philadelphia. He died in Canton, Pa., Sept. 1, 1877.
Davenport HOMER CALVIN, an American cartoonist
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
HOMER CALVIN, an American cartoonist; born in Silverton, Ore., March 8, 1867. He was bred on a farm in Oregon, having neither common school nor art education. After serving as a jockey, a fireman and a circus clown, he became a cartoonist for the San Francisco "Examiner" in 1892. In 1896 he began drawing cartoons for the New York "Journal," and since 1900 for the Chicago "American" as well. In 1906 Mr. Davenport visited Arabia and drew a portrait of the Sultan of Turkey. He wrote "Belle of Silverton" (1900) and "The Diary of a Country Boy" (1910). He died on March 2, 1912.
Davenport FANNY LILY GYP- SY, an American actress
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
FANNY LILY GYP- SY, an American actress; born in London, April 10, 1850. Her first appearance on the stage was at the Howard Athenæum in Boston, then under the management of her father, E. L. Davenport. She played during her career in the theaters of all the large cities in the United States. Her most noted rôles were in "La Tosca," "Giaconda," "Fedora," and "Cleopatra." She was married in 1879 to Edwin H. Price, but was divorced and subsequently married Melbourne McDowell, an actor of leading rôles in her company. She died near Duxbury, Mass., Sept. 26, 1898.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
When Collier's wrote in 1921 Davenport had 56,727 people, two national banks and a manufacturing base of carpets, locomotives and cigars; today it has about 101,000 residents and anchors the Quad Cities with Rock Island, Moline and Bettendorf. The bituminous coal fields the entry places the city in the heart of are long worked out, and the Hennepin Canal carried its last commercial traffic by mid-century and is now a state park trail, though the Rock Island Arsenal across the river remains an active Army installation. St. Ambrose Academy grew into St. Ambrose University, while Griswold College is gone. Davenport is now best known nationally as the largest city on the Mississippi with no permanent floodwall, a choice tested when the river breached temporary barriers and flooded downtown in 2019. The three Davenport actors and cartoonists in the entry stand as written, though Homer Davenport is remembered today less for his cartoons than for the Arabian horses he brought back from that 1906 trip, foundation stock for American Arabian breeding.
Written for this edition, 2026.