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- Collection: The William J. Klauer Collection
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{Mullen Brothers plumbing shop}
In this view of a corner of the office of Mullen Brothers plumbing shop, three men are standing near two doorways in the rear of the office. A fourth man is standing near a desk, and another man is seated at a desk looking at some documents. Two…
[Young woman at a soda fountain counter]
A woman, perhaps in her twenties, is standing between two counters in a soda fountain store. Her reflection may be seen in the mirror behind the back counter. She is dressed in a long sleeved, dark dress with a large white collar, white cuffs and a…
[Workroom of Fred Doerrmann's tailor shop in the Bank & Insurance Building]
Two men stand, pressing partially finished clothing, at a table on sawhorses in the foreground, while a man and 3 women sit at tables and sewing machines in the back of a workroom in Fred Doerrmann’s tailor shop. Both sewing machines appear to be…
[Workmen in the engine room of the Dubuque Brewing and Malting Company]
Three men are posing near a large engine in the engine room of the Dubuque Brewing and Malting Company. Large turbine blades are visible behind the man in the foreground of the photograph. No number has been written on the emulsion side of the…
[Workers at the Carr, Ryder & Adams Company]
Nine men are seen posing around completed millwork items. Stacked on several carts are doors, drawers, columns and molding pieces. Prominent in the image are the large beams supporting the warehouse ceiling. An ascending stairway, electric wiring and…
[Women with bottles of "Vimalt the Health Tonic"]
Four women are sitting at a long wooden work table at the Dubuque Brewing and Malting Company. Numerous, dark glass bottles with label reading “Vimalt the health tonic,” may be seen on the table. The women’s task appears to be to pack the…
[Women packing spices at the McFadden Coffee & Spice Company]
Four women are seated at a long work table in a warehouse room. One is holding a bag under a small funnel at the base of a large machine. On the side of the machine, above the woman’s head, is a scale enclosed in a metal box with a glass window. …
[Woman using an adding machine in an unidentified office]
Standing in the center of a small office space, a woman is entering figures into a calculating machine placed on a rolling cart. A lengthy strip of narrow paper extends from the machine toward the floor. Beside her to the right, another woman is…
[Woman sitting at a roll-top desk in an unidentified office in the Bank & Insurance Building]
A woman sits at a roll-top desk in an unidentified office in the B & I Building. There is a typewriter in front of her and a mimeograph machine on a table behind her. The number “124” has been written on the emulsion side of the negative and is…
[William M. Hanson and Sons, Warehouse]
A man dressed in dark colored overhauls and wearing a hat is standing near several large bunches of bananas that have been hung from the ceiling of a warehouse room. Additional banana bunches are visible in the rear of the space. A wooden barrel may…