[The Bradstreet Company office in the Bank & Insurance Building]

[The Bradstreet Company office in the Bank & Insurance Building]

Credit bureaus
Mercantile agencies
Dubuque (Iowa) -- Pictorial works
William J. Klauer Collection
Glass negatives
Itinerant photographers

Two women are seated at desks and three men stand in the outer office of the Bradstreet Company, rooms 301 to 303 in the B & I Building. The man in the light suit standing below the clock is the same man who is seated at the far desk in KL 135-357. The man in the hat at the service window, posing as a customer, is one of the itinerant photographers. Austin Cooper Waller is seen through a door at left, speaking on a telephone and sitting at the same desk and in the same chair in which he is pictured in KL 135-357. The name “Martin” is painted above the safe. A sign hanging above the counter reads, in part: “EMPLOYES [sic] are strictly forbidden to furnish reports, or information concerning them, except to subscribers, and to them only as per instructions.” The number “160” has been written on the emulsion side of the negative and is visible in the upper right corner of the picture. The number “3” 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 136-373

301-303 Bank & Insurance Building, 9th and Main Streets, Dubuque, Iowa

1 glass negative: b & w

6.5 x 8.5 in.