[Women packing spices at the McFadden Coffee & Spice Company]

[Women packing spices at the McFadden Coffee & Spice Company]

Spices
Dubuque (Iowa) -- Pictorial works
William J. Klauer Collection
Gelatin silver prints
Itinerant photographers

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. Ductwork with a gear and pulley on its side descends from the ceiling into the scale. A small sign on the gear reads “McFadden Coffee & Spice Co.” On the opposite side of the work table, another of the women is tying up the small bags of spices, while the other women wait to pack the bags. Numerous square packages wrapped in brown paper and labeled “Right Hand Cinnamon,” “Right Hand Allspice,” “Cayenne,” and “Pepper,” may be seen stacked on shelves around the room. The number “56” has been written on the emulsion side of the negative and is visible in the upper right corner of the picture. The number “4” 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 019-082

1st and Iowa Streets, Dubuque, Iowa

See the Notes field in the record for image KL 020-083, “Men loading machines at McFadden Coffee & Spice Company,” for more information about the McFadden Coffee & Spice Company.

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.