[A man and a woman working in a Martin-Strelau Company office]

[A man and a woman working in a Martin-Strelau Company office]

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

A man and woman work at a table in a Martin-Strelau Company office. The walls are bare except for a Coates and Robinson calendar (open to June, 1912) hanging by a wire from a picture rail. The back side of a roll top desk can be seen at left. A long scratch on the negative extends from the upper left corner to the to the middle right of the picture. The woman in this picture also appears in KL 115-141. The number “83” has been written on the emulsion side of the negative and is visible in the upper right corner of the picture. The number “1” 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 114-445

700-798 Washington Street, Dubuque, Iowa

The 1912 Dubuque City Directory lists Martin-Strelau Co. as dealers in coal, coke and wood, transfer and storage, and as agents for the Union Carbide Sales Co.

1 glass negative: b & w

6.5 x 8.5 in.