[Swift & Company office]

[Swift & Company office]

Meat industry
Dubuque (Iowa) -- Pictorial works
William J. Klauer Collection. City at Work Project
Glass negatives
Itinerant photographers

Two men, one seated at a large desk and the other leaning on a counter, are looking at the photographer. Each man is wearing a long-sleeved, light-colored shirt with sleeves rolled up to the elbows, a tie and slacks. One man is wearing a hat. On the desk are a telephone, blank order sheet, open receipt book, wire basket with papers in it, and an open ink well. Forms attached to clipboards and piles of papers are hanging and pinned to the wall behind the counter. Above these may be seen wooden cubbyholes full of more books and papers. A scale, bottles and inkwells are on top of the cubbyholes. In a wall-mounted shelf are two catalogs. Partially visible on one are the letters “station” and “icago.” Visible on the other is“raska.” The walls are of dark finished wainscoting. Hanging on the back wall of the office are framed posters for “Swift’s Animal Foods,” and “Swift’s Silver Leaf Lard.” Next to the posters is a framed certificate reading “U. S. Government Meat Inspection Tag and Brand.” Also along the rear wall are a four-drawer file cabinet and a large metal safe with the word “Swift” printed above the door. A metal fan is on top of the safe. Electric wires are strung from the ceiling to the fan and to a light that hangs over the desk. A stove is visible to the left of the desk at the front of the room. The number "196" has been written on the emulsion side of the negative and is visible in the upper right corner of the picture. The number "3" 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 glass plate negative scanned in 16 - bit grey scale at 1200 ppi.

Still image

KL 096-443

575 6th Street, Dubuque, Iowa

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

1 glass negative: b & w

6.5 x 8.5 in.