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Alexander Victor from Davenport, Iowa, invented the first electric washing machine for the White Lily Company. He then went on to invent an amateur Motion Picture Camera and Projector and start the Victor Animatograph Corporation in Davenport. This company manufactured the first 16mm motion picture projector, and became a leader in the field of motion picture technology.
Walt Disney applied for his first job at the Victor Animatograph Corp. in Davenport. They didn't hire him.
In 1885, Dr. William West Grant of Davenport, Iowa, performed what is believed to be the first successful appendectomy in the U.S.
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- 1854 - Davenport
Davenport, a flourishing city, capital of Scott county, Iowa, is finely situated on the Mississippi river, at the foot of the upper rapids, opposite...Read MORE... 
1863 - June 29 - Very 1st First National Bank opens in Davenport, Iowa
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June 29, 1863- 1871 - July 25 - Carousel patents by Wilhelm Schneider, Davenport, Iowa
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Picturesque America... Oliver Bell Bunce, William Cullen Bryant
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1872-1874.
Artwork
Postcard- 1895 - Blizzard - THE STORM STILL HOVERS OVER THE UNITED STATES. IT IS SEVEREST IN THE EAST. TRAFFIC ALMOST ENTIRELY AT A STANDSTILL -- RAILROAD TRAINS BLOCKADED -- BUSINESS PARALYZED -- PEOPLE FROZEN TO DEATH AT SEVERAL PLACES...
...Coldest Of The Winter.
Davenport, Ia., Feb. 9. - Last night was the coldest of the winter, a fitting climax to three weeks of as cold weather as...Read MORE... - 1895 - Davenport
Davenport, a flourishing city of Iowa, and the capital of Scott co., is pleasantly situated on the N. bank of the Mississippi River, at the foot of...Read MORE... - 1897 - EXPLOSION IN A SIRUP REFINERY. Causes a Fire and Loss of Life.
Davenport, Iowa - August 19 - An explosion of dust knocked out two walls of the elevator of the Davenport Sirup Refinery to day.
John RAPP and...Read MORE... 
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The Dress-Shield Retainers
A. R. Reese, Davenport, Iowa
The Ladies' Home Journal
July 1898
Advertisement- 1907 - DIES UNDER CAR WHEELS.
DAVENPORT, Iowa, March 21. - P. J. Kiley, of Boston, Mass., was run over by a train here today and killed. With his wife, he was returning to Boston...Read MORE... 
Natatorium
Postcard- 1916
Davenport, a city of Iowa, the capital of Scott co., is pleasantly situated on the NW. bank of the Mississippi River, at the foot of the upper...Read MORE... - 1922 - February 18 - WOC-AM in Davenport IA begins radio transmissions
historyorb.com - 1923 - 9 HURT WHEN ROLLER COASTER CARS CRASH AT DAVENPORT PARK.
Davenport, Ia., June 18. - One person was seriously injured and eight others received minor injuries in a roller coaster accident at Forrest Park, a...Read MORE... 
Second Street, Looking West
Postcard- 1949 - October 31 - WOC TV channel 6 in Davenport, IA (NBC) 1st broadcast
historyorb.com - 1950 - January 7 - Mental health wing of Mercy Hospital burns, kills 41 (Davenport Ia)
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Old Photos, Pictures, Advertisements and Postcards from Davenport, Iowa, USA
Davenport, Iowa, USA
Artwork
Picturesque America... Oliver Bell Bunce, William Cullen Bryant
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1872-1874.
Davenport, Iowa, USA
Postcard
Davenport, Iowa, USA
Advertisement
So-N-Mor
The Dress-Shield Retainers
A. R. Reese, Davenport, Iowa
The Ladies' Home Journal
July 1898
Davenport, Iowa, USA
Postcard
Natatorium
Davenport, Iowa, USA
Postcard
Second Street, Looking West
History, News and Stories of Davenport, Iowa, USA
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1854 - Davenport
Davenport, a flourishing city, capital of Scott county, Iowa, is finely situated on the Mississippi river, at the foot of the upper rapids, opposite... Read MORE...
1863 - June 29 - Very 1st First National Bank opens in Davenport, Iowa
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June 29, 1863
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1871 - July 25 - Carousel patents by Wilhelm Schneider, Davenport, Iowa
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1895 - Davenport
Davenport, a flourishing city of Iowa, and the capital of Scott co., is pleasantly situated on the N. bank of the Mississippi River, at the foot of... Read MORE...
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1895 - Blizzard - THE STORM STILL HOVERS OVER THE UNITED STATES. IT IS SEVEREST IN THE EAST. TRAFFIC ALMOST ENTIRELY AT A STANDSTILL -- RAILROAD TRAINS BLOCKADED -- BUSINESS PARALYZED -- PEOPLE FROZEN TO DEATH AT SEVERAL PLACES...
...Coldest Of The Winter.
Davenport, Ia., Feb. 9. - Last night was the coldest of the winter, a fitting climax to three weeks of as cold weather as... Read MORE...
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1897 - EXPLOSION IN A SIRUP REFINERY. Causes a Fire and Loss of Life.
Davenport, Iowa - August 19 - An explosion of dust knocked out two walls of the elevator of the Davenport Sirup Refinery to day.
John RAPP and... Read MORE...
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1907 - DIES UNDER CAR WHEELS.
DAVENPORT, Iowa, March 21. - P. J. Kiley, of Boston, Mass., was run over by a train here today and killed. With his wife, he was returning to Boston... Read MORE...
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1916
Davenport, a city of Iowa, the capital of Scott co., is pleasantly situated on the NW. bank of the Mississippi River, at the foot of the upper... Read MORE...
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1922 - February 18 - WOC-AM in Davenport IA begins radio transmissions
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1923 - 9 HURT WHEN ROLLER COASTER CARS CRASH AT DAVENPORT PARK.
Davenport, Ia., June 18. - One person was seriously injured and eight others received minor injuries in a roller coaster accident at Forrest Park, a... Read MORE...
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1949 - October 31 - WOC TV channel 6 in Davenport, IA (NBC) 1st broadcast
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1950 - January 7 - Mental health wing of Mercy Hospital burns, kills 41 (Davenport Ia)
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