[Nursery at Mercy Hospital]

[Nursery at Mercy Hospital]

Hospitals
Nurseries (Rooms & Spaces)
Children
Nurses
Dubuque (Iowa) -- Pictorial works
William J. Klauer Collection. City at Work Project
Gelatin silver prints
Itinerant photographers

Three nurses are standing next to metal cribs. Each nurse is holding a baby wrapped in a white blanket. Large pillows are visible in the cribs. One of the babies is awake, and appears to be looking towards the photographer. The nurses are dressed in long-sleeved, striped uniforms covered with long white aprons. Each woman has long hair pinned up under a peaked, white cap. There is a tall, narrow window with shutters in the rear wall of the room. Also on that wall is a picture of a winged angel holding a child’s hand. Two adult rockers, a child’s rocker, a dresser and a small table covered with a towel are also visible. No number has been written on the emulsion side of the negative in the upper right corner of the picture. The number "2" is written in the upper left corner.

Photographer unknown

The Center for Dubuque History, Loras College, 1450 Alta Vista Street, Dubuque, Iowa 52001

This record is part of the William J. Klauer Collection held by The Center for Dubuque History, Loras College, Dubuque, Iowa.

1912-05/06

Contact The Center for Dubuque History at Loras College, 1450 Alta Vista Street, Dubuque, Iowa 52001 or call (563) 588-7100 © 2013 LORAS COLLEGE

William J. Klauer Collection

Digital image captured using a Microtek ScanMaker 8700 with transparent media adapter. TIFF file created from a gelatin silver print scanned in 16 - bit grey scale at 1200 ppi.

Still image

KL 461-077

James and Peabody Streets, Dubuque, Iowa

This image was displayed in the “City at Work” exhibit at the Dubuque Museum of Art, December 7, 2013 – March 24, 2014.

The original glass plate negative was lost. A gelatin silver print created in the 1970s remains.

1 gelatin silver print: b & W

6.5 x 8.5 in.