[Dubuque Star Brewing Company exterior view]

[Dubuque Star Brewing Company exterior view]

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

This view is taken diagonally across the intersection of 4th Street and Levee Front. One of the photographers is standing in the left foreground, and a man wearing a long with apron may be seen standing in a doorway. “Star Brewery” is visible above an upper floor of one of the buildings. No number has been written on the emulsion side of the negative 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 gelatin silver print in 16 - bit grey scale at 1200 ppi.

Still image

KL 168-012

4th Street and Levee Front

According to the Encyclopedia Dubuque, www.encyclopediadubuque.org, this brewery was founded in 1898 by Joseph A. Rhomberg, and was the oldest brewery in Iowa.
The original glass plate negative was lost. A silver gelatin print created in the 1970s remains.

1 gelatin silver print: b & w

1 gelatin silver print: b & w

6.5 x 8.5 in.

6.5 x 8.5 in.