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Special Collections

About the Photograph Collection

In addition to photographs contained within our manuscript and archival collections, Special Collections has retained over 10,000 discrete photographs related to Augustana College and the Quad Cities Area.


Search the Photograph Collection

  • There is no publicly accessible database available to search photographs, but Special Collections staff have access to an internal image database, which we are happy to search for you. Please contact us for more information.

  • A small sampling of our photographs related to Augustana College may be viewed, searched, and downloaded in our digital collections, including the Upper Mississippi Valley Digital Image Archive (UMVDIA) and Flickr page. 


Collection Highlights

L-L00547: View of conductors & car #14, Moline, East Moline & Watertown Railway Co, 1910. 

L-S000006: The Steamer Avalon on the Mississippi River at 17th St., Rock Island, 1961.

C-S00025: Three women and David Beckstrom(?) in front of Denkmann Hal, 1910.