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The Moline Preservation Society Store is located downtown in Moline's Historic Block at Model Printers at 310 15th Street, across the street from iWireless Center (formerly The MARK) and the John Deere Pavilion. Here you will find a wide selection of information published by MPS, as well as clothing and souvenirs of historic Moline.
Miniatures
MPS is happy to announce its newest miniature, available January 2008. Prospect Park Pavilion was created by local artist Bill Gustafson in honor of the multi-year renovation of the Pavilion by the city of Moline.
Miniatures are available at the MPS Store, located at Model Printers, or at Lagamarcinos on Fifth Avenue in downtown Moline.
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Carnegie Library
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To date 16 miniatures have been created: |
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-Josephson's Clock -Carnegie Library -Fire Station -First Lutheran Church -Garfield School -Grocery School -Johnson House -Lagomarcinos |
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-Moline Depot -Moline High School -Post Office -Sacred Heart Church -Willard School -Wilson House -Prospect Park Pavilion |
Booklets
Historic Moline Centre Architectural Walking Tour, July 1998.
A Walk Down Henry Street: Moline's Fifth Avenue, revised 1998. Read the introduction.
Historic Eleventh Avenue Walking Tour, 2002.
Read the introduction.
The MPS Store also includes a Moline original--Historic Miniatures of some of Molines most historic structures. Based on original work by local artists, miniatures are individually hand-cut and painted.
Recent Books MPS Members
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Grand Excursions on the Upper Mississippi River: Places, Landscapes and Regional Identity after 1854 Curtis C. Roseman (editor) Elizabeth Roseman (editor) (University of Iowa Press, 2004) |
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The John Deere Story: A Biography of Plowmakers John and Charles Deere Neil Dahlstrom and Jeremy Dahlstrom (Northern Illinois University Press, 2005) For more on The John Deere Story, visit www.neildahlstrom.com |
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Copyright Moline Preservation Society, 2003-2008