[Star Meat Market]

[Star Meat Market]

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

A male customer, dressed in a suit and bowler hat, is sitting on a wire stool in front of a small counter in this meat market. A man is standing behind the counter, on which may be seen a large scale and a cash register. A small display of ring sausages is visible on a table on the left side of the small room. The number “305” has been written on the emulsion side of the negative and is visible in the upper right corner of the picture. No number 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 scanned in 16 - bit grey scale at 1200 ppi.

Still image

KL 229-067

1248 Iowa Street, Dubuque, Iowa

The original glass plate negative was lost. A silver gelatin print created in the 1970s remains.This photograph has also been tentatively identified as Joseph Diebold's Meat Market at 1248 Iowa Street, however no entry for this business appears in the 1912 Dubuque City Directory. The address for the Star Meat Market was listed as 1248 Iowa Street in the 1912 Dubuque City Directory.

1 gelatin silver print: b & w

6.5 x 8.5 in.