[A man at a telephone and a woman at a desk in a Martin-Strelau Company office]

[A man at a telephone and a woman at a desk in a Martin-Strelau Company office]

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

A woman sits in front of an open ledger at a roll-top desk and is posed looking at the camera. A man holding a telephone leans on the frame of a window that connects this office with the next. The man has been identified as possibly being Albert M. Keppler, a bookkeeper for the Martin-Strelau Company. There is a large adding machine and a tall filing cabinet to the left of the woman's desk. Above the desk is a framed picture of a coal mine that is labeled: “ Truesdale Colliery, Scranton Coal.” A June, 1912 calendar also hangs above the desk. The woman in this picture also appears in KL 114-445. The man in this picture also appears in KL 052-066. The number “84” 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 115-141

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.