[Billy Canfield in his basement office in the Bank & Insurance Building]

[Billy Canfield in his basement office in the Bank & Insurance Building]

Offices
Dubuque (Iowa) -- Pictorial works
William J. Klauer Collection
Glass negatives
Itinerant photographers

Billy Canfield sits at a roll-top desk in his basement office in the B & I Building. Two Pipes run through the office just below the ceiling. A large May, 1912 calendar leans against the wall on top of the roll top desk while a second calendar, open to an unknown month, sits at left front of the top of the desk. A third calendar, open to January, 1912, hangs on the wall at the right and the arm of man holding a paper is just visible below the calendar to the far right. The number “70” has been written on the emulsion side of the negative and is visible in the upper right corner of the picture. The number “2” has been 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 106-071

Bank & Insurance Building, 9th and Main Streets, Dubuque, Iowa

According to the Encyclopedia Dubuque (www.encyclopediadubuque.org), Mr. Canfield also ran various hotels while continuing to act as "custodian" of the B & I Building. He later died in the Canfield Hotel fire, in June, 1946.

The 1912 Dubuque City Directory indicates that William J. Canfield [Sr.] was the superintendent of the Bank & Insurance Building.

1 glass negative: b & w

6.5 x 8.5 in.