A large two-story frame house with a deep veranda and shuttered windows stands among mature shade trees, its lawn sloping toward the foreground. The card names it as the Old Davenport Residence at Rock Island Arsenal, the U.S. Army ordnance installation established on an island in the Mississippi River during the Civil War and long a center of small-arms and artillery manufacture. The building is shown as a quiet, tree-shaded relic of the post's early residential quarters.
White border along one edge; scan is rotated 180 degrees. Color-printed view with a fine screen texture.
No postmark. Undivided back ("This Side for the Address Only"), cream stock; imprint "Illustrated Postal Card Co. New-York. Germany." with eagle-and-shield motif; unused — no address or message; light soiling/creasing.
Cite this card
The Old Davenport Residence, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, circa 1910, postcard, n.d.. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/the-old-davenport-residence-rock-island-arsenal-illinois-cir. Accessed October 25, 2026.
