Loras Digital Collections

[Lower entrance to 11th Street Elevator, Dubuque, Iowa]

Dublin Core

Title

[Lower entrance to 11th Street Elevator, Dubuque, Iowa]

Subject

Cable railroads
Dubuque (Iowa) -- Pictorial works
Herman J. Loemker Collection
Lantern slides

Description

This images was taken from in front of the lower entrance station for the Eleventh Street cable elevator. An automobile is passing in front of the entrance station. The driver, a man wearing a white, long sleeved shirt, is visible in the car. Cables may be seen passing through a stone archway on their way up to the top of the bluff. A cable car is approaching the archway opening. The upper entrance station is also visible. The number 1260-d is written on a label that has been stuck to the lower left corner of the slide.

Creator

Loemker, Herman J., 1868-1937

Source

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

Publisher

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

Date

1915-1917

Rights

Contact The Center for Dubuque History at Loras College, 1450 Alta Vista Street, Dubuque, Iowa 52001 or call (563) 588-7100 © 2015 LORAS COLLEGE

Relation

Herman J. Loemker Collection

Format

Digital image captured using a Microtek ScanMaker 8700 with transparent media adapter. TIFF file created from a glass lantern slide scanned in 16 - bit grey scale at 1200 ppi.

Type

Still image

Identifier

LO 043

Coverage

11th Street, Dubuque, Iowa

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

1 lantern slide: b & w

Physical Dimensions

3.25 x 4.0 in.

Files

Citation

Loemker, Herman J., 1868-1937, “[Lower entrance to 11th Street Elevator, Dubuque, Iowa],” Loras Digital Collections, accessed November 23, 2024, http://loras.libraryhost.com/items/show/2934.