Loras Digital Collections

[A family posing in a room of an unidentified boarding house]

Dublin Core

Title

[A family posing in a room of an unidentified boarding house]

Subject

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

Description

Two women, two young children, and a man, are posing in a room of an unidentified boarding house. The infant is seated on the man’s lap. This family is also pictured in KL 170-032. An electric lamp with a square glass shade is visible on a small table. The lamp’s electric cord is plugged into a chandelier which is hanging over the table. No number has been written on the emulsion side of the negative in the upper right corner of the picture. The number “1” has been written in the upper left corner.

Creator

Photographer unknown

Source

The Center for Dubuque History, Loras College, 1450 Alta Vista Street, Dubuque, Iowa 52001

Publisher

This record is part of the William J. Klauer Collection held by The Center for Dubuque History, Loras College, Dubuque, Iowa.

Date

1912-05/06

Rights

Contact The Center for Dubuque History at Loras College, 1450 Alta Vista Street, Dubuque, Iowa 52001 or call (563) 588-7100 © 2013 LORAS COLLEGE

Relation

William J. Klauer Collection

Format

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.

Type

Still image

Identifier

KL 174-252

Coverage

Location unknown

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

1 glass negative: b & w

Physical Dimensions

6.5 x 8.5 in.

Files

Citation

Photographer unknown, “[A family posing in a room of an unidentified boarding house],” Loras Digital Collections, accessed November 23, 2024, http://loras.libraryhost.com/items/show/2839.