Rock Island illustrated
Subtitle: a brief review of a busy city in the Mississippi Valley, enumeration of its advantages, surroundings, manufacturing industries, business pursuits, railroads and other shipping facilities
By: compiled and published by W. P. Quayle and H. P. Simpson
Contributors: Simpson, H. P.; Daily Argus Print; Kramer & Bleuer
Publisher: W. P. Quayle and H. P. Simpson
Published: 1888
Place of publication: [Rock Island, Ill.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 71
Subjects: Streetscapes (Urban design); Pictorial works; Industrial buildings
Notes: Photomechanical reproductions of images of Rock Island, Ill., with accompanying text "Rock Island; its advantages enumerated."

Includes images of street views, residences, mills, lumber yards, factories, industrial buildings, churches, watch tower, Y. M. C. A., brewery, schools, college, waterworks, hotels, armory, arsenal, gun yards and maps.

Full transcription of t.p. reads: "Sketch of Rock Island and armory and other points of interest and prominence in the locality,"

"Kramer & Bleuer, Binders. Rock Island, Ill." (cover [2])

Avery Classics copy:  Cover is stamped with embossed type reading: "E. E. Parmenter. Atty. at Law. Rock Island, Ill."